Art & Inspiration How to get started in pin striping

Those old cake or cookie pans work great for practice if you spray them satin black prior to using them. You might even hang them on the garage wall when they get good enough to save!

 

^^^ i like that idea too!
my mom has a tonnnnnn lol

 

perfect thread i was was wondering the same stuff.
thanks

 

i'VE BEEN PRACTICING WITH A MACK GREEN SERIES 20 00, JUST GOT A SERIES 10 00 AND A 000 ALSO HAVE A MACK NORRIS TRICKSTER ON ORDER.
HOW SHOULD i MIX THE PAINT (ONE SHOT) TO DO TIGHT CURVE (with the green 00)it keeps flaring out. I've been using a little penetrol with the one shot should I use one reducer to thin it out more? I've been copying many design I find on the web but find by the time the paints down it looks like something else. not as easy as doodle flame with a pencil for sure.

 

I pull pretty thin lines so i wont reduce my paint as much as some folks do, maybe like a thick cream. Penetrol will help flow out and retard drying in hot weather but unless your working outside you really won't need it, I use Edge or cheap thinner.

When you start into a curve you need to keep the brush twisting between your thumb and fore finger and don't stop till your through the curve. You also have to cowardenate the speed at which you twist the brush and the speed at which your pulling the brush. In other words you don't want to get a head of your self or behind or the line consistancy is going to suffer. I use my free hand to help pull then push my brush hand into and out of a curve. Put a little extra BUT NOT TO MUCH!! pressure down on the bush through the turn. The thicker the paint is the more control of the brush and the tighter the curve you can pull. I can pull a nice tight line around the diameter of a dime. But i 've been doing it since 1974.

Another way to do it if your hands arent used to twisting the brush is to come into the curve as far as you can(till the bush feels like it's going to kick out) stop, do the bottom half of the curve then go back and play with the center of the curve with short strokes! It just all practace and leaning how to feel whats happening with the paint through the brush.

Happy Strippin'

 

I know 1 shot is the bomb, but can some one explain the difference between 1 shot and plain old enamel paint? Is it thicker, thinner,etc? I just don't know why I wouldn't experiment with cheapo paint?

 

1-Shot is a high pigment enamel. Covers better in "One Shot".

Another good practice medium is an old washer or dryer door or side panel. Good smooth, flat surfaces and the porcelain/enamel surface cleans up easy.

 

Hence the name one shot? is the consistency (thickness) I just would think it might be good for practice? Just being a tight wad!