Stencil Ease

Stencil Ease: laser-cut stencils for parking lots, sports courts and signage

Stencil Ease is a US-based stencil manufacturer and online retailer that presents itself as a stencil partner since 1980. Its catalog is organized around ready-made and custom stencils for marking pavement, athletic surfaces, playgrounds and signs, alongside the materials and tools needed to apply them. The company states that its stencils are made in the USA and that it offers free shipping on orders over $60.

Parking lot and pavement marking

The parking lot range covers the most common marking tasks in commercial and institutional lots. It includes handicap and accessible parking stencils, accessible aisle markings, arrows and lines (straight, turn and MUTCD arrow stencils), and word stencils such as No Parking, Fire Lane, Reserved, Visitor and Electric Vehicle. There are also parking garage stencils, parking space numbering systems and number stencils, a deluxe curb painting kit, contractor stencil collections, parking lot stencil kits, retail chain stencils, MUTCD stencils, bike lane stencils, airport stencils and senior parking spot painting stencils.

Sports and playground markings

For athletic facilities, Stencil Ease lists basketball and court stencils, including a high school basketball court stencil, a tournament bracket stencil, an NCAA basketball court stencil and a pickleball court stencil. It also offers an athletic field and sport court line stencil, football field number sets, a football field stencil kit and hash-mark field marking spray paints, plus mascot stencils. The playground line includes classic games such as hopscotch, shuffleboard and four-square, geometric shapes (circle, square, diamond and star), and fitness and fun designs such as Conflict Resolution Circle, Circle Hop Game, Fuel Up To Play – Jump & Move and Fuel Up To Play – Centipede Alphabet. These are grouped with sports and playground stencil collections, camouflage stencils, Fuel Up to Play 60 stencils, shapes stencils, sports action poster stencils and US states stencils.

Letters, numbers and specialty sign stencils

The letter and number category is divided into professional and DIY lines. The professional range includes military, stencil, Arial, Times New Roman, Old English, Hebrew alphabet, brass letter and number sets, script, Greek alphabet and rustic fonts, with a letter selector tool. The DIY range offers value packs of Arial, military, rustic, Futura and simple script numbers. Under its own exclusive line, the company lists interlocking letter and number stencil sets, magnetic letter and number stencil sets, the Gyro-Cut craft cutting tool and tattoo stencils.

Sign stencils cover storm drain messages (Drains to Sound, Drains to River, Drains to Wetlands, Drains to Ocean), fire wall markings (one-hour and two-hour fire barrier and smoke barrier signs, smoke and/or fire barrier signs and custom fire barrier stencils), shipping and freight markings (Fragile, This End Up, Handle with Care), the Oneshot ink roller system, and collections for warehouses, pools and spas, guide signs, elections, social distancing and schools. A sign stenciling tool kit and ink roller systems are also available.

Custom stencil design and production

Stencil Ease provides a custom stencil service with an online Custom Stencil Designer that gives instant pricing, a request-a-quote option, logo stencils, instructions on how to create a custom stencil and a gallery of past custom work. The company describes its custom options as precision laser-cut.

Stencil materials, paints and tools

The supplies section includes stencil material such as blank Mylar sheets, Mylar by the roll, oil board stencil blanks, custom-size blank Mylar sheets and Mylar for Cricut cutters. Paints, brushes and rollers include Krylon spray paint and accessories, brushes and rollers, Frog Tape painter's tape, the Gyro-Cut craft cutting tool, Gyro-Cut Pro, art education teacher packs, cutting mats, and stencil inks and rollers from Rolmark, Marsh and Oneshot, including fountain ink rollers, fountain brushes, spray stencil ink and Oneshot ink roller cartridges.

Ordering and customer service

The website supports online ordering, a searchable product catalog, a cart and a client services area. The company publishes a toll-free phone line and a service email address for customer assistance, and states that orders over $60 ship free.