: . . .
: A more direct way to make a very tight stencil would be to lay down
: overlapping strips of blue masking tape, on something like
: glass. Lay down your pattern printed on paper. Cut through both.
: Use the blue tape as your stencil.
: A good blue masking tape edge carefully pressed (what's the term
: for this? rubbed in?) can handle a wetter and heavier paint.

The term would be 'burnish'

: If you want to do something like make an ID for your kayak, your
: name, kayak name, dates, etc... a stencil is too much work. Look
: into making decals.

Decals are definitely a faster way to go, and easier, particularly if your design is more than 1 color. I think it is www.lazertran.com (with a z) for decal info, but it might be lasertran (with an s) try both URLs.

PGJ