This is to all you hand stripers out there, I need some advice on getting started striping. I am into building old Triumph choppers and old hotrods, and would love to be able to stripe my own vehicles and have it look good, as well as striping everything in my house to practice.
my email is tmalinky@astepabovesigns.com and my phone is 440-479-8129. any advice much appreciated, I really love the classic pinstriping style, imagine pinstriping on flat black rat rods. I need some advice on a couple good brushes to order and mess around with, and I have some one shot lying around, as well as some black lexan and glass I can practice on...
I am in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Detroit meet is coming up, any stripers in attendence that I could get some hands on experience with? Keep in mind this is all new to me, I mostly do graphic design work and do vehicle and trailer lettering (vinyl). But I am dying to learn!!
Cheers, Tyler
Posted by Mike Palombo (Member # 3072) on :
Pick up an Excalibur striper. Awesome brush, real easy to do curves with.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Welcome! I striped a 1940 triumph years ago. Idon't remember much about it except that it had two lines- one inner fine and a 1/8" 'broad' line 1/8" away from the fine line, both in the same colour, running aroundthe edges of the guards, and around the sides of the tank. The owner had a decal for the name, to go on the tank, but I lettered it instead. There was nothing fancy about any of it, just precision & neatness! (it gives you the heebeegeebee's sometimes- when there's not much striping, it gets looked at pretty closely, but when there's a lot, it gets glossed over !) Good luck with your practising.
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Tyler.... Get thee to a meet. Watch and learn. Buy some brushes and start experimenting! There are also books and videos out there too. Check the Future Meets page as well as the Merchant's page here in Letterville. Glad to see that you want to try this. Love...Jill
Posted by Laura Butler (Member # 1830) on :
Get to the Detroit meet. Gibb is on the committee and thats what he does. He has also started electric pouncing patterns that people can take and pounce a pattern and practice his designs.
Posted by John Milleker (Member # 4572) on :
Tyler, I purchased Mr. J's Pinstriping Kit from recommendations from members here in letterhead chat. It comes with a 00 Xcaliber brush, four cans of One-Shot, Rapid-Prep, Brush Cleaner, Mixing cups, stirrers, around 20 pages of striping designs and another 20 or so vinyl 'cheaters'. Also includes a 90 minute video tape.
It seems to be everything (minus mineral spirits and a substrate) that you would need to start. The video teaches you how to prep the brush and surface. How to set up and pounce (if striping from a design) and how to paint.
I did hope that the video would show me some freehand (it didnt), but i'm hoping the skills I should learn using the vinyl cheaters (basically masks of the designs) would be sufficient. Of course plus lots of practice.
And as everyone says, attend a meet. I'm keeping an eye out for something close to me.
quote:Originally posted by Tyler Malinky: This is to all you hand stripers out there, I need some advice on getting started striping. I am into building old Triumph choppers and old hotrods, and would love to be able to stripe my own vehicles and have it look good, as well as striping everything in my house to practice.
Posted by Kevin W. Betz (Member # 4133) on :
I too would say go to the Detroit Meet. The area is filled with many known stripers. The pin-heads are a great part of this Meet, SHARING AND LEARNING.
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