I gave my Jeep a quick hose-down the other day and noticed that my California Adventure Pass was flapping in the breeze. For $30 you’d think the darn thing would at least have some decent glue.
The pass is designed to hang from your rearview mirror. But for open-top vehicles (such as a Jeep) the tag can be peeled from its backing and stuck to the rear bumper. Only problem is…it doesn’t stick.
After Googling for “bumper sticker adhesive” for thirty minutes–and learning plenty about how to remove a bumper sticker, but not a thing about how to make a bumper sticker stickier–I decided my best shot would be to re-anneal the Adventure Pass to a new sticker backing.
But then another thought hopped into my head…why not just make my own counterfeit Adventure Pass? After all, the original sticker is pretty badly faded after just two months. By printing my own sticker I can replace it every time it fades. And I’ll keep the real sticker in my files in case the phony is ever questioned.
So, here are the steps if you want to make your own DIY Adventure Pass:
1. Scan. 300 dpi, art magazine setting
2. Print. I printed these four-up on Avery 8126 shipping labels. This gives me some ready replacements if the stick-um comes unstuck.
3. Laminate. I used transparent contact paper. Inkjet ink, after all, isn’t waterproof.
5. Burnish. Use the back of a spoon to squeeze out the air bubbles.
6. Adhere. The counterfeit looks about like the original did when new.