Is there a good clear protective covering for stickers?

sandracer · **Posted:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:48 pm

I was recently given a sticker from my gold prospecting club. I'd like to put it in the back window but have a few concerns. The factory tint on the glass is too dark to let the sticker show up well if I was to mount it on the inside using clear tape as a backing. The sticker was meant for outside-the-glass use but is on a paper base. I doubt it would hold up very long to the elements.

Does anyone know of a clear covering I could use to affix and protect the sticker?

Thanks,

Paul

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:35 pm

I would just get some clear laminate or clear shipping tape..

sandracer · **Posted:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:41 pm

I have clear packing tape but I doubt that it would hold up to the elements for very long. I suppose what I'm looking for is some type of laminate but I just don't know where to find it.

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:43 pm

sandracer wrote:

I have clear packing tape but I doubt that it would hold up to the elements for very long. I suppose what I'm looking for is some type of laminate but I just don't know where to find it.

im sure office max or the like has that stuff

blue94yj · **Joined:** Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:52 am **Posts:** 20

I don't know if this anwsers your question but when I had a YJ the inspection sticker on the inside of the windshield used to always get wet and peel off because I did run a top most of the time. I found that if I put clear packing tape over it that sholved the problem. So it might yours as well.

Charlie

lionseye640 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:10 pm

You could try using contact paper. That's what my brother has used in the past to help protect stickers on vehicles.

sandracer · **Posted:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:59 pm

Thanks folks. I bombed out at Staples. I'll go ahead and give the packing tape a try. Have lots of it left over from our Ebay days.

KeswickDave · **Posted:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:51 pm

I wonder if the vinyl that they make decals with comes in clear? Maybe check with a sign shop if the packing tape doesn't work out :-)

mikes07kj · **Posted:** Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:11 am

Clear duct tape. :idea:

BjBnet · **Posted:** Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:43 pm

you're kidding right? :roll:

It's a sticker.... keep it safe at home or stick it.
Even if you cover it, water will get in between....even with the laminate stuff water gets in.

sandracer · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:24 pm

mikes07kj wrote:

Clear duct tape. :idea:

Sounds just like something my youngest son would say. Does this mean that you, too........... have "The Knack"? :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYDgncMhXw

cmohr · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:18 pm

Go to a copy place, get them to scan it and print it on a Poly label material, then laminate that, put it on the car. Keep your good original copy safe at home..

mikes07kj · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:56 pm

sandracer wrote:

mikes07kj wrote:

Clear duct tape. :idea:

Sounds just like something my youngest son would say. Does this mean that you, too........... have "The Knack"? :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmYDgncMhXw

You should have seen my daugther when she discovered what a screw driver was used for. Every light switch cover and outlet cover in the house had a screw missing.

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