is of a conventional construction and the paper carrier 21 thereof has opposite edges not shown which are perforated for feeding the laminate 20 through a conventional laminate cutting machine such as the graphix 4 manufactured by gerber scientific products inc of 151 batson drive manchester ct 06040 the graphix 4 machine has a keyboard which is manipulated to cut for example from the vinyl ply 23 letters designs etc which are then simply peeled therefrom by simultaneously removing both the vinyl and adhesive 23 22 respectively from the paper carrier 21 this now cut letter number logo 34 sign 34 23 22 is then simply adhered to the surface of an article by placing the adhesive ply 22 thereagainst when a series of such vinyl adhesive letters 22 23 are applied to a substrate they can for example form a name describe the name of a service its location its telephone number etc as is conventionally seen by vinyl lettering or signs applied to the exterior door panels of trucks and automobiles however in accordance with this invention the 34 sign 34 material or laminate 20 is not utilized in the conventional fashion just described as will be noted hereinafter another laminate fig3 5 is generally designated by the reference numeral 30 and is a conventional 34 mask 34 material or laminate which is normally used in sandblasting operations the mask 34 material or laminate 30 includes the paper or plastic carrier ply 31 an adhesive ply 32 and a 34 mask 34 ply 33 formed of relatively tough plastic material which is resistant to sand or like particulate material used in.