Painting A Basketball Court

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38 of 39 humans found the following review helpful.
Find another stencil
By J. Warren
This product is a finish waste of money. Would be over priced at a 1/4 of the cost.

First, forget with regards to attempting to lay out the templates if there is even a whisper of a breeze. The paper is thin and rips easily, but isolated from that, lining up the guide holes as instructed does not line up the foul line. After adjusting for that, and spending a discouraging and hindering hour and a half taping down the six templates, it was apparent that the lines would not be straight. Even the cutouts on a single sheet did not look like they were cut straight. I didn’t even bother to undertake to paint, because I could tell it would look like crap.

The selling is false. Quick and easy: NOT! Durable: NOT! Solid lines: No.

17 of 17 persons found the following review helpful.
Useful but not necessary
By PN
I purchased this template and applied it a couple of years ago. It was very easy to layout and finelooking much dummy proof. However, it is made of a paper so thin that you will need to use it on a day without wind and weight it down as you are using it with something (I applied barbel weights). After with regards to 2 years, the paint I chose faded to a point where I couldn’t just paint over the old marks, I had to use the template again. It stored just fine and I was competent to use it again without a problem altho I without advance planning ripped it this time and decisive to throw it away.

What I liked most regarding the template:
1. It was easy to setup and use and didn’t cost much. I paid when it comes to $20 for it.
2. It had the inner circle part of the paint which most templates no longer seem to have. I know that jump balls are no longer done in that area, but I used that inner circle line as a commodious spot for free throw shots for my kindergarten through third grade kids who play on an 8.5 foot goal.

What I didn’t like when it comes to it:
1. The dashed lines require less paint, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen dashed lines on a real court; at least not for all the lines. I didn’t care when it comes to painting the 3-point line, but it appears that the 3-point line doesn’t extend all the way to the baseline.
2. Any wind at all makes it very difficult to use the templates.

My honorable sentiment is that if you are unsure in regards to the measurements, then undertake the template once. It’s gorgeous cheap. If you need the curved lines (such as the 3-point line), then the template might be more comfortable than doing it with tape and paint. If you feel convinced that you may get the measurements right, then buy a good deal of painters’ tape and a tape measure and do it yourself.

16 of 16 persons found the following review helpful.
What a rip-off
By Lawrence E. Smith
The biggest waste of cash I’ve ever seen. The tissue paper like stencil cannot be applied unless there is perfectly no wind at all. Even then, prepare yourself for irritation when attempting to line the stencil up properly.

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