Hy-KoProducts ST-5 Number & Letter STENCILS, 5 INCH, Tan

12 in letters great for large signs. Great quality. Comes in a heavy plastic case.

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The stencils I received were just as expected. I have several sets of thin cardboard style stencils that I have accumulated over the years. I did not have the 3” ones that I ordered here. I really needed them, but was leery to order because there were enough negative reviews about them being flimsy, bleeding, etc., that I didn’t want to waste my money. BUT, I really really needed some 3” stencils and needed them fast. So I ordered. I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED.The inserts were easy to punch out. Every stencil I have ever bought required punching out the inserts. So expect that if you order these.I used markers with these stencils to make the outlines so that it would be easy to paint the letters. One thing I NEVER do is use paint directly with a stencil, any stencil. For me, it is always a disaster waiting to happen. My experience has always been a bleed problem when using paint with them. You have to let them dry before reusing. But with markers, I can reuse right away. So these stencils held up just fine using markers.Bottom line is these stencils get five stars from me because I had really low expectations, and they far exceeded them. They have won a spot with my 6”, 5”, 4”, 2”, and 1” stencils that live happily in a plastic storage container. I feel like I have come full circle. And all it took was a stencil I expected to be crap that turned out to be an allstar! I hope the rest of my stencils will get along with these newbies.

Product arrived on time, no damage and works great! I recommend.

I bought these HY-KO Products ST-5 Number & Letter Stencils, 5 INCH, Tan to put my address on three sides of an address post (a 4x4 white vinyl sleeve over 4x4 wood). I went with stencils instead of raised numbers because 1. For three sides it was a cheaper option than buying raised numbers 2. The painted on numbers do not stand off the post like raised numbers which means my lighted LED top cap won't cast shadows on all but the top # (vertically aligned numbers).The pre-cut numbers (I just used numbers) came out easily. They could be more thick, but I thought they were reasonable for the price. I tried a number out on our blue trash can and it looked pretty good. You couldn't see the black over spray of paint that gets between the stencil and painted object too bad. Lighter surfaces are more challenging. I put a few small magnets (using them only as small weights) on each number to help hold the stencil down and minimize the gap, but you will get over spray between. My white vinyl 4x4 sleeve showed the over spray a lot, but I just used some isopropyl alcohol and q-tips to wipe the over spray up. That worked pretty well as the light dots of over spray come up easy, but the intended areas where it is solid paint doesn't come off easily.For the price, I should have ordered a 2nd. My address has two 5's in it so I had to do the address minus the 2nd five and then later add the 2nd five. I saved them as even though I used each one 3 times and the fives 6 times, they have plenty of life left in them for future address retouching.