{"id":2164,"date":"2026-07-09T10:30:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T10:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/?p=2164"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:38:33","slug":"boat-made-of-waterproof-name-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/2026\/07\/boat-made-of-waterproof-name-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"We Built a Boat Out of Waterproof Name Labels \u2013 and Rowed It Down the Thames"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2164\" class=\"elementor elementor-2164\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55b06d1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55b06d1d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b0de29\" data-id=\"4b0de29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a3021fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a3021fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We say our name labels are 100% waterproof. This summer, we decided to stop saying it and start proving it &#8211; in the most ambitious way we could think of.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, we built a rowing boat with no hull. No planks, no fibreglass, nothing to keep the water out except a skin of My Nametags waterproof name labels stuck one over the other. Then our CEO, Lars Andersen, climbed aboard and pushed off into the River Thames.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The whole point was simple. If a few thousand name stickers can keep a grown adult afloat on a river, then keeping your child&#8217;s water bottle labelled through a year of dishwasher cycles is, frankly, the easy part.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here&#8217;s how it went &#8211; and what it means for the labels you put on your children&#8217;s kit.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19b16c08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19b16c08\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31dae11d\" data-id=\"31dae11d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4c511a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a4c511a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The idea nobody could talk him out of<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d011fbb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d011fbb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-346e792e\" data-id=\"346e792e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6137f753 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6137f753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The brief from Lars was short: &#8220;Our labels are 100% waterproof. To prove it, I want to cross a river in a boat made of them.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We begged him not to. HR pleaded. The rest of us quietly wondered who&#8217;d be fishing the CEO out of the Thames. He was undeterred &#8211; and to be fair, he had a point.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Parents trust our labels to survive washing machines, dishwashers, lunchboxes and the bottom of a school bag. Our whole promise is that a name goes on once and stays put. A river, when you think about it, is simply a bigger, colder and far more public version of that same test. If the labels could keep the water out of a boat, no dishwasher was ever going to trouble them again.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, the plan was set: build the boat, cover it in nothing but name labels, and find out whether it would float or flop.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f0033de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f0033de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-506502e2\" data-id=\"506502e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b107b5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b107b5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The boatbuilders who made it possible<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b8fbaff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b8fbaff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2311874a\" data-id=\"2311874a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a9ac7e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a9ac7e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2165\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37777158 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37777158\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-120bd1fb\" data-id=\"120bd1fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-330127a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"330127a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A boat is only as good as the people who build it, and for this we wanted the real thing rather than something knocked together in a warehouse. We turned to the brilliant team at Alan Staley Boat Builders in Faversham, Kent &#8211; traditional wooden boatbuilders and spar makers who have been crafting boats by hand for decades.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wooden boatbuilding is a genuine heritage craft &#8211; all shaped timber, hand-cut ribs and an enormous amount of skill built up over a lifetime. Watching the frame come together in their workshop, each rib fitted by hand, was a lovely reminder that some things simply can&#8217;t be rushed.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c8c03e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c8c03e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2166\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-746ca05a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"746ca05a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fb172c1\" data-id=\"1fb172c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3abb91f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3abb91f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We did give them a slightly unusual request: please build us a complete set of wooden ribs and a frame, primed and ready &#8211; but leave the outer planking off entirely.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3826f535 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3826f535\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f671ce6\" data-id=\"1f671ce6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-214739ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"214739ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Building a boat with no skin<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4dec99f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4dec99f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-691496ae\" data-id=\"691496ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-527167c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"527167c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That open lattice of ribs is what you can see taking shape in the workshop: a perfect boat-shaped skeleton with gaps everywhere the water could get in. Beautiful, and completely un-seaworthy. On its own, it would sink in seconds.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb71636 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb71636\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1aeb9dad\" data-id=\"1aeb9dad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba24326 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba24326\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2167\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-3.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-404cd027 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"404cd027\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bae9d8d\" data-id=\"5bae9d8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f7d947 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56f7d947\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Normally, this is the point where a boatbuilder would plank the hull and seal it &#8211; the part that actually keeps a boat afloat. We asked them to stop right before that step and hand the boat over to us. The most important job of all, keeping the water out, was going to be done entirely with name labels.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43ac05f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43ac05f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a241ff2\" data-id=\"a241ff2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44b37105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44b37105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thousands of stickers, one very important job<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60197e2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60197e2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bb8e66d\" data-id=\"2bb8e66d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be99e11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be99e11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Back at the office, the real work began. We prepared the labels in their thousands, then set about turning a see-through frame into a watertight hull.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We worked in layers. First, we built up large sheets of stickers to cover the big open panels between the ribs; then, working patiently over the frame, we pressed individual name stickers on top, overlapping each one like the scales of a fish, until every piece of wood had disappeared beneath a bright, colourful mosaic of names.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ea0dd9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ea0dd9f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-726c4f28\" data-id=\"726c4f28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-349412c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"349412c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2168\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-4.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-4-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25ca31e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25ca31e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ac615d6\" data-id=\"4ac615d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64996f9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64996f9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2169\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1602b90f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1602b90f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-467f524c\" data-id=\"467f524c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78c643e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78c643e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Overlap was the secret. A single sticker keeps water off whatever it&#8217;s stuck to, but line up hundreds of them edge over edge and you create one continuous waterproof surface, with no obvious way in for the water underneath. It&#8217;s exactly the same principle that keeps a name readable on the side of a lunchbox long after a marker pen would have smudged away.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then came the moment of truth before we went anywhere near the river. We carried the boat into a blacked-out room and shone a bright light up through the bottom. Every tiny chink of light was a gap the water would happily find &#8211; so every chink got another sticker, and then another, until not a single glimmer came through. Only then did we call it watertight.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By this point the boat wasn&#8217;t really a wooden boat with stickers on it at all. It was a boat made of stickers, with a little wood for support &#8211; kept dry entirely by waterproof adhesive.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We weren&#8217;t quite brave (or reckless) enough to go straight for the main event, either. First, we built a small model boat out of nothing but name labels and floated it as a dress rehearsal. It survived beautifully, and that gave us the green light to scale things up.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4c20d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4c20d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26260e99\" data-id=\"26260e99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e24592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65e24592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why a name label can waterproof a boat in the first place<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ccd8438 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ccd8438\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4045c451\" data-id=\"4045c451\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bc686a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72bc686a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It sounds slightly absurd that a sticker could keep a river out of a boat, so it&#8217;s worth explaining why ours can actually manage it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ordinary labels are made of paper, and paper turns to mush the moment it gets wet. Ours are made from a durable PVC that water simply cannot soak into. The names and designs are printed with a waterproof, fade-resistant ink, so they stay bright and readable rather than smudging away. And they&#8217;re finished with a strong adhesive that grips smooth surfaces and holds on through heat, water and constant handling.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just as importantly, our labels are waterproof all the way through, so they don&#8217;t depend on a laminated top layer to survive &#8211; the sort that tends to lift at the edges and let water creep underneath. That combination is what lets the same little sticker shrug off a dishwasher, a washing machine and, as it turns out, a stretch of the Thames.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5551eba8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5551eba8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c70026c\" data-id=\"3c70026c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43392313 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43392313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Launch day on the river<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-406bfbf0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"406bfbf0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77c6485f\" data-id=\"77c6485f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fa24fbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fa24fbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We picked a bright, still morning on the Thames &#8211; early enough for calm, flat water and good light for the cameras. Lars suited up: lifejacket, a captain&#8217;s hat for morale, and &#8211; naturally &#8211; a My Nametags label with his name on it stuck to his lifejacket. If you&#8217;re going to test your own product, you commit.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42550dac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42550dac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4c200c\" data-id=\"e4c200c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-697459ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"697459ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2170\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-6.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70f453cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70f453cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f3230cc\" data-id=\"5f3230cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba59b38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba59b38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The team carried the boat down to the water, careful to keep its delicate sticker hull off the gravel, and set it gently down. One camera crew filmed from the bank while another followed from the water. There was a fair amount of nervous laughter. Then Lars stepped in.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is the moment a boat made of stickers is supposed to glug quietly to the bottom.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It didn&#8217;t.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The labels held. The water stayed out. The boat sat calmly on the surface with a grown man and a pair of oars inside it &#8211; and Lars, grinning under his captain&#8217;s hat, picked up the oars and started to row.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1045c05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1045c05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b1a26a3\" data-id=\"4b1a26a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a664646 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a664646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">So... did the name labels pass?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cb05561 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cb05561\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16e76a74\" data-id=\"16e76a74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff00b00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff00b00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Watch the full film and judge for yourself &#8211; though the photographs rather give it away. A boat whose only waterproofing was waterproof name stickers carried our CEO out onto the River Thames and brought him safely back again.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d7bf7df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d7bf7df\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-272585c3\" data-id=\"272585c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-71294af6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71294af6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cb7b91c\" data-id=\"2cb7b91c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d2b0e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d2b0e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"278\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2171\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d4da76e\" data-id=\"6d4da76e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2c882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2c882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"278\" height=\"187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2172\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41fcb700 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41fcb700\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46895253\" data-id=\"46895253\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd06670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bd06670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From a river to your kitchen: the everyday tests that really matter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37a3d131 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37a3d131\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54e2fc29\" data-id=\"54e2fc29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c04fe58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c04fe58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A river crossing is the showing-off version. The tests your labels actually have to pass happen every single day, in your kitchen and your child&#8217;s school bag. Happily, if the labels can handle the Thames, they take these in their stride:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The dishwasher<\/strong> &#8211; water bottles, lunchboxes and beakers, cycle after cycle after cycle<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The washing machine<\/strong> (up to 60\u00b0C) and the tumble dryer &#8211; school jumpers, PE kit and the socks that never come home<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The microwave and steriliser<\/strong> &#8211; toddler cups, weaning bowls and bottles<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A proper British summer<\/strong> &#8211; rain, splashes, paddling pools and muddy water bottles abandoned at sports day<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Waterproof name labels for water bottles and lunchboxes arguably have the hardest job of all, sitting in hot, wet dishwashers\u2019 day after day &#8211; which is exactly why we test them the way we do. Waterproof name labels for clothes work a little differently: our stick-on clothing labels go onto the garment&#8217;s washing-care label rather than the fabric itself, and our iron-on labels bond permanently into the cloth. But the promise is the same across all of it &#8211; the name goes on once, and it stays put.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76348622 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76348622\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b60c51b\" data-id=\"4b60c51b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a11c84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32a11c84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A serious point behind the silliness<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5517cc4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5517cc4c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43b0f6c3\" data-id=\"43b0f6c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486f659d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"486f659d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There&#8217;s a genuine reason we care this much about labels that last. Every year, an estimated 1.4 million school uniforms are lost across the UK, and a great many are simply replaced and thrown away &#8211; adding up to something like 354 tonnes of plastic sent to landfill annually (My Nametags, 2020).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A name that survives the wash is a small thing, but it&#8217;s often the difference between a lost jumper finding its way back to its owner and ending up in a bin. Building a boat was the fun part; helping families waste a little less is the part we&#8217;re genuinely proud of.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c1ebb59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c1ebb59\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d611dea\" data-id=\"6d611dea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e445519 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e445519\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Watch the full test<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14d8e32e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14d8e32e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5358c0d6\" data-id=\"5358c0d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-725b8ff4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"725b8ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=utW64mMy14Y&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b375321 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b375321\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-645f06a3\" data-id=\"645f06a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70d6c51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70d6c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">See the build, the nerves, the launch and the verdict for yourself. And if you&#8217;d like your own labels to survive everything short of a river crossing, you can <a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/colour-sticker-name-tags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>design your own waterproof name labels here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-373794d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"373794d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1af18fb1\" data-id=\"1af18fb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d853c37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d853c37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1718e958 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1718e958\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2716d24c\" data-id=\"2716d24c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332a8106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"332a8106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Was the boat really made only of name labels?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ac50375 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ac50375\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57d28fcf\" data-id=\"57d28fcf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ec613d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ec613d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The structure was a hand-built wooden frame from Alan Staley Boat Builders with the outer planking deliberately left off. Every bit of the waterproofing &#8211; the part that actually kept the water out &#8211; was My Nametags waterproof name labels, layered over one another and checked for gaps with a torch. Take the labels away and you&#8217;d have a very elegant colander.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-337b260a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"337b260a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-600a275c\" data-id=\"600a275c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109443ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"109443ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Are My Nametags labels actually 100% waterproof?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c4d6408 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c4d6408\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a2bffb8\" data-id=\"7a2bffb8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1233b278 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1233b278\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yes. Our name stickers are 100% waterproof and are designed to survive the washing machine (up to 60\u00b0C), tumble dryer, dishwasher, microwave and steriliser. The boat was simply the most public way we could think of to prove it.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-594e3003 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"594e3003\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-453852a3\" data-id=\"453852a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bb11298 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bb11298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Did the CEO sink?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f327593 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f327593\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7309220b\" data-id=\"7309220b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13035d2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13035d2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You&#8217;ll have to watch the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=utW64mMy14Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">film<\/a><\/strong><\/span> &#8211; but the photographs of Lars happily rowing a sticker-covered boat down the Thames are a bit of a spoiler.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b111d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b111d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31581ec\" data-id=\"31581ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76375ed7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76375ed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can you put waterproof name labels on water bottles and lunchboxes?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39dc1af5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39dc1af5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35718473\" data-id=\"35718473\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dabb601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dabb601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Absolutely &#8211; it&#8217;s what they&#8217;re made for. Stick them onto a clean, dry, smooth surface, press firmly, and leave them 24 hours before the first dishwasher run so the adhesive can cure. After that, they&#8217;re ready for daily school life.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-654a8d1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"654a8d1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d83cda0\" data-id=\"7d83cda0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5875e506 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5875e506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Do waterproof name labels for clothes actually stay on?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54af4496 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54af4496\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47c2deba\" data-id=\"47c2deba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d7e4be4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d7e4be4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They do, as long as they go in the right place. Our stick-on clothing labels are designed for the garment&#8217;s washing-care label rather than the fabric itself, while our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/colour-iron-on-name-labels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iron-on labels<\/a><\/strong><\/span> fuse permanently into the material. Both are made to last through the school year and well beyond.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bea00de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bea00de\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54695de2\" data-id=\"54695de2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229ed23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"229ed23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Can I get waterproof name labels with custom designs for my kids?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5acd8541 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5acd8541\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-767bfc72\" data-id=\"767bfc72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd01702 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bd01702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yes. You can choose the name, colours, fonts and a little icon or design &#8211; which is especially handy for younger children who can&#8217;t read yet but can spot their own picture in the cloakroom.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40543db0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40543db0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-192be67d\" data-id=\"192be67d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93f3c5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93f3c5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where can I get waterproof name labels like these?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42402c14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42402c14\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30c6276f\" data-id=\"30c6276f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-214320bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"214320bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The same waterproof name stickers we used on the boat are the ones we make every day for water bottles, lunchboxes, school supplies and clothing. You can <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/colour-sticker-name-tags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>design your own here<\/strong><\/a><\/span> &#8211; and if you&#8217;d like help choosing the right type for each item, see our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mynametags.ae\/blog\/2026\/07\/how-to-choose-waterproof-name-labels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guide to choosing the right waterproof name labels for your child&#8217;s kit<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We say our name labels are 100% waterproof. 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