Flag Building tips

[Tenner Huey]

Been here about 3hrs now, I've checked Ebay, Hotmail, Gmail, MySpace, BoxRec, Lycos, Efest, YouTube..... Man I'm bored. Last one tonight though, then 4 days off!!!

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Not for that flag, no

[Tenner Huey]

Haha yeah I normally do 2 days 2 nights, but we got someone off on holiday at the mo hence the four nights. Luckily for me we do indeed have a (rubbish) TV, it's just a shame it's not got a SCART socket, or I'd bring in my 360

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Haha yeah I normally do 2 days 2 nights, but we got someone off on holiday at the mo hence the four nights. Luckily for me we do indeed have a (rubbish) TV, it's just a shame it's not got a SCART socket, or I'd bring in my 360

[Tenner Huey]

I work at the Met Office. Well I say "work"....

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

I work at the Met Office. Well I say "work"....

[harvey21183]

Do you guys work night shifts making flags or something..?

[Tenner Huey]

nope just hijacking the thread

overnight I'll basically provide the odd pilot with forecasts etc, unless the weather is bad there's not much I have to do tbh.

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Do you guys work night shifts making flags or something..?

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

nope just hijacking the thread

overnight I'll basically provide the odd pilot with forecasts etc, unless the weather is bad there's not much I have to do tbh.

Edited May 18, 2007 by JimmyJamJerusalem

[harvey21183]

nope just hijacking the thread

overnight I'll basically provide the odd pilot with forecasts etc, unless the weather is bad there's not much I have to do tbh.

[Tenner Huey]

yeah it's pretty dull most of the time

oh and JJJ, obv I'll get a forecast asap for Glasto, won't be for a few weeks yet though for anything reliable.

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

yeah it's pretty dull most of the time

oh and JJJ, obv I'll get a forecast asap for Glasto, won't be for a few weeks yet though for anything reliable.

[Tenner Huey]

Depends on mates a little bit but prob Pennards I'd have thought

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Depends on mates a little bit but prob Pennards I'd have thought

Edited May 18, 2007 by JimmyJamJerusalem

[otter]

Furry furry furry Otter

Meep

[meiow]

Great flag!

Edited May 20, 2007 by meiow

[otter]

Great flag!

[harvey21183]

Flag number 2 (of 2 - don't worry, I'm not going to keep churning out the buggers) has just been completed. I got some iron-on printer paper and, after an hour and a half's ironing, I present my version of Something Awful's 'awesome' emote:

It didn't come out 100% perfect - not all the sheets lined up perfectly, some of the ink looks like it could peel and some has gone blotchy - but I'll just have to see how she flies. Oh yeah, and I wish I'd remembered to mirror it .

[halvin]

Halvin, did you get your flag from Skyblue? Is it made of a nylon type material? I'm thinking of using this transfer paper stuff, but everything I've seen has said it must be at least 50% cotton. My flags nylon, so I don't wanna waist 15quid on all this paper, and then ruin the flag as well! Did you get special paper for nylon, or just wing it with the normal stuff?

Cheers.

[harvey21183]

Yes, it's a SkyBlue nylon flag with normal iron-on paper. There's a link further back in this thread to a page about using the iron-on paper with nylon kites which recommended using the wool setting on your iron as the nylon's not as absorbent as cotton. That's what I did and it turned out okay, although I turned the heat up slightly towards the end, which made the ink flow too much and it went blotchy. Be careful about what you place under the flag - some of the ink will flow through onto your base material. Make sure you go around all the edges properly and remember to allow the paper to cool before peeling off the backing.

[LusciousLucy]

I have my trusty permanent marker pens ready for an uber re-touch of my old flags and taking a bottle of nail varnish remover to the Uber Yellow one to try and remove stains and negative impressions from the writing due to bad storage.

Reckon I am gonna give Stab's decorated space blanket idea a go too.

[Halcyon]

you know what, I might make a flag with this symbol thing....

(I mean the actual red cross thing)

Edited May 21, 2007 by Halcyon

[Dog Burger]

Finally I'm ready to unveil our flags for this year. Gone for a pole for the first time, having usually gone for two sets of tents poles in a banner style. Main flag - Spurs manager Martin Jol smoking a fat one - is five metres, yellow flag is four metres. What do you think?

[Staberinde]

Finally I'm ready to unveil our flags for this year. Gone for a pole for the first time, having usually gone for two sets of tents poles in a banner style. Main flag - Spurs manager Martin Jol smoking a fat one - is five metres, yellow flag is four metres. What do you think?