Lamest day Patch (Page 2 of 3)

I was pretty bummed when Nick told me they were out of LD patches.
Definitely count me in for one when the reissue comes up.
I've gotta get the Official Jacket one of these days, too.

Here are the patches for the races I've worked this year.

Dumb Question:

What's the best way to put the patches on your suit?
It looks like it has hot-melt on the back.

Just iron-on, or iron + sew?

You could have them sewn on with nomex thread. Pegasus sells it.

<--Knows who he's sending his suit to for having patches put on.

We need these patches in sticker form. They should go on the drivers front fender of the car, one for each race the car has sucessfully entered in. Kinda like how they used to put markings on bombers for sucessful bomb runs.

If an Iron is going to melt it to your suit, I'm guessing the heat from being on fire is enough to set the glue as well.

I really can't wait for the Lamest Day re-issue... I'd really like to have one for my wall and one for my suit.

Funny story about the fire issue--I had a long talk with our patch vendor on the issue plus I consulted the SCCA rulebook.

The SCCA rules are great. They state that iron-on patches with glue backing are not allowed. Then they require you to display an SCCA patch in most of their events. Then, as far as I can tell, all of the SCCA patches come with a glue backing! Go figure.

We acutally had the option of using Nomex thread to make the patches, but the domestic Nomex was cost-prohibitive. We figured Lemons guys would rather burn than pay $15 for a patch. There was a cheaper Chinese alternative, but in the words of our vendor, "Chinese Nomex will go up in flames."

I have heard from a couple of sources that using regular thread is the best way to go for the reason stated above.

We'll keep everyone posted on any reissue news.

You should do a special patch for the heroes that catch fire or get their wheels pointed to the sky. Like "My shitcan caught fire and all I got was this stupid patch".
Or, "If you can read this patch, it means that I did not use nomex thread".

When I sewed my required patches onto my 2-layer suit, I did not go all the way through the material. Just the red part outer layer.

For penalty-assessment purposes, I'd like to note that I am not with Troy.

Yeah, but in twenty years... it will still be a ruined patch