Switch Labels, Where can I find some

I'm looking for the little dash decals (or stickers) that show what each switch is. Example: the little headlish label that goes above the headlight switch.

Todd

I had them on my old cabin cruiser (before the integrated fuse/switch panels) - try Boats US or West Marine. I even had one that said BLOWER - for the bilge blower. Mine were white with black letters and black trim around the edge (apparently cut from Formica)- they were held on with 2 small brass round headed nails. I found these but they aren't very car like -- they do have pressure sensitve stick on ones too.

http://www.boatersworld.com/product/197490600.htm


I have a thick Sanborn Marine Catalog at home - I'll see if they are in there.

Look in your local phone directory for "engraving". The lables shown on "Boaters world" are made on a dual layer (black/white)plastic refered to as Lamacoid. Typically it's stocked in sheets that can be cut to any size lables you want. Engraving thru a black upper layer yields white letters; thru a white upper layer yields black letters. Typically the engraving machine is infinately adjustable in the size lettering it provides. The finished lables can be attached either with small screws or with double sided tape.

Speedsters only HAVE two switches, lights and wiper . . . don't tell me that you're getting 'em mixed up.

...maybe that explains why I thought my wipers weren't working!

I have 6 that are not labeled,the ones I don't use daily, like the wipers and the fog lights are always getting pulled at the wrong time.

I would like to find some of those little stick on clear symbology type of lables....like the little fan symbol for the fan, and a little headlight symbol for the headlights...and so on.

Anyone see any of those around??

I set some higher expections. 4 for me. Lights, Driving lights, Wipers, siren, CB Radio. OK that's 5.

I have a few graphic designers on staff making me some illustrations of the symbols. I am going to take them to a Printer here in town and have them printed on the old rub off film (like you used on old model cars).

When I get the illustrations made, I will post them.

check "thesamba.com" befor you do under dash knobs. There was a guy moulding nostalgic
looking knobs so they all match. I'm sure he must have a label service/method.

You could get clear labels for a laser printer from an office supply place and try making some yourself on a computer. Then, cut them out, and use clear nail polish around the edges to keep them from peeling. I've done that for other labels but don't know how they would hold up on a dash over time. Might be worth a try.

If you wanted to do it Batmobile-style, you could make/buy some small strips of aluminum and use your handy-dandy Harbor Freight stamping kit to make your own!
Wash 'em with black paint, wipe 'em with Brak-Kleen, and you'll have indet lettering on a rivetable plate!
I may test that plan -- and I'll be happy to share the fruits if it works.

"I have 6 that are not labeled,the ones I don't use daily, like the wipers and the fog lights are always getting pulled at the wrong time.

I would like to find some of those little stick on clear symbology type of lables....like the little fan symbol for the fan, and a little headlight symbol for the headlights...and so on."

Steve, if any of those labels slip off that King Air when you are flying, just remember; ball-stick-ball, 121.5, and gear down and locked, lol. ;-)

Anyone remember the old ones they used to have when the VW Bug was "in". They said "Drizzelflippin" and "furtootenderhorn" --- way before the Farfegnugen days!

"Anyone remember the old ones they used to have when the VW Bug was "in". They said "Drizzelflippin" and "furtootenderhorn" --- way before the Farfegnugen days!"

I happen to have one of those old metal "Telefunken" scripts for VW/Pre-A 356 radios. A "Drizzelfippin" label/script would be neat to find and add to the collection. "Drizzelfippin" comes with old age, or so I've heard. Lol.

You are so right Jim, it is weird that I can throw switches all day long, and lets face it, we don't look at the labeling. But I can still forget which switch is the wiper or the fog lights.


Nowadays, if you ask a youger pilot what 121.5 is for, they answer, "oh thats the frequency you monitor so that they can get a hold of you, if you miss a hand off". Ask them what else it is for, and they will many times say "nothing that I know of"....LOL