Learning to pin-stripe

[gp02a0083]

My family ended up getting me a pin-striping kit for Christmas this year, decided to get a little bit of practice on some junk/spare parts around the house. The kit is fairly decent, comes with the box, mixing cups, 2 brushes and oil, reducer, and a few small paint cans. As a former auto body paint tech, i can say this kit is pretty good to start out with and i think it can be found on amazon.

Cleaned up the trunk lid i was using with some 90% alcohol. I used the one side to learn brush control and loading of the brush as well as mixing the paint/reducer to the right consistency. I started using a bright silver so i can check if the brush was loaded right.

Tried to get a little ahead of myself and i tried to do a freehand design on the other side of the trunk.

The guys on TV make this look soo easy but thinking about it they have been doing this stuff for years, i just need to get more seat time in.

 

[Longroof79]

Lookin' good, man.
Like anything in life, practice makes perfect. I've always wanted to learn pinstriping. I know it's a self-taught skill. And you're absolutely right, the guys that have been doing it for years do make it look easy.. 🙂
Keep at it.. :wink:

 

[clean8485]

There is a college which is local to me that offers a night school course for automotive pinstriping. The course is in 2 levels, beginner and advanced. My daughter is quite artistic, so we signed up for the beginner course a couple of years ago. It was 1 night a week for 5 weeks, and it was great. My daughter is studying to be a graphic artist, and she's used the pinstriping skills a fair bit since the course, and I've done a few pieces as well. Its alot of fun, but yes, practise does make perfect.

 

[GhettoRacingKid]

nice thats awesome.


Sadly is a skill that is fading away. I love good old classic pin stripping

 

[gp02a0083]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I to agree with many, skills / techniques like this are fading away. I'm impressed with myself with this, being this is the first time I've tried it. I have to keep working on it, and it makes i harder I'm left handed. Most books out there and articles are people who are right handed so this makes it difficult.

heh wouldn't have thought they would have a course like that at a college, would have figured at a vo-tech place. Being from a science background , i just never understood half the stuff the art majors had lol.

 

[Chuck]

im no good at it but i tried. i know a lot of these guys called voodoo kings and their into the old school pinstripes and stuff like that. they said the best was to practice is to try and make perfect circles.

 

[gp02a0083]

well It's been a while since I picked up the paint brush, i ended up making this:

Im working on an ASE logo tonight, in memory of my father that was a ASE Master mechanic for 30+ years

I want to get more seat time in before I start putting my work on cars and other items. On the 24th of January will be one year since i lost my father, I want to do paint something on his truck that i now have. I was thinking being the truck is mint for a 94' and is really clean and simple, putting something like his initials or "in memory of" in the space on the driver side door in the flat area between the top mirror mount and the door handle. I really think it would look in flat black so that it doesn't jump out. I also was thinking about doing something like that on his tool box that I have as well.

here's the truck:

and the tool box:

 

[gp02a0083]

Just finished working on this before i left for work today. There are some little mistakes but i can clean them up with some thinner. Came up with the Idea being my father and I were certified and we made a good team working on cars.

 

[jlcustomz]

From one artist to another, I think you got the needed skills in you.Really like the oldsmobile logo.
Don't see anything a little more seat time won't cure, all looks pretty damn good for not much practice.

 

[gp02a0083]

Thanks JL, even growing up ive had a knack for art and painting, I agree seat time will show improvement. Also im experimenting a bit with airbrushing at the same time. I came up with this after using a few different techniques

Technique 1 on left and 2 on right

Modified technique #2 to get this

and resulted in this