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Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :

After today I definately need to learn how to pinstripe with the new Mack disappearing brush hairs. Whether it be new brushes or ones broken in, they all seem to lose hairs in the middle of a 1/32" triple line.

Believe me, I know how to pull a straight line and how much of which flow enhancer to use but I am sick and tired of BS I have to hear from persons and reps who tell me that all brushes are equal and are made the same as yesterday. What is the real truth behind this problem?

And to add to my problems, as I'm striping at a dealership today someone comes up to me and says that his neighbor is the worlds best pinstriper and never uses a guide line ever. Great I say then he asks if I ever heard of VonDutch...... I said yes and he tells me that Dutch is his neighbor, so I asked him when was the last time he saw him!!!!
He tells me that its been a while maybe couple months. I then show him my "in memory of' VonDutch flying eyeball wrist tattoo and he says Dutch ain't dead........ Nice!!!

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HotLines Joey Madden,45 years in the Classic Art of Pinstriping
$42. a month electric bill here in Grants Pass, Oregon
Big Sale extended to May 31. but thats it!!
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Posted by roger bailey (Member # 556) on :

Come on Joey, tell us what you really said!!

I can just hear it now, but hey, not everybody gets this "free humor" on the job !!

Sorry Joey, Roger

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Roger Bailey
Rapid Tac Incorporated
Waikoloa, Hawaii

Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :

Easy......buddy.......
Ya dont work for vehicles...ya work fer people...gotta deal with em......
Take the money an.......
buy some more junk brushes?

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Michael Boone
Sign Painter
5828 Buerman Rd.Sodus,NY 14551
Ontime @localnet.com

Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :

hey joey did ya tell em that elvis lives in the same house with von dutch?????

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
pensacola, fl 32526
850-944-5060
BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND

Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :

Joey, c'mon man, get up to speed with the times! Beuglar Stripers don't loose hairs.They are for the real stripers. They are more environmentally friendly and don't depend on animal hair. Dutch was old school, we have metal and vinyl now!

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The SignShop
Mendocino, California
"Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"

Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :

Rick, are you serious?

Are you an Eviro? Do you actually believe that animals come before people, do you believe that the Klamath farmers aren't worthy of water? Can the fish grow your farm products?

In the fifties Morano pearl was made using fish scales, do you have any left overs?

Its funny to me that there are some who have certain beliefs still use MDO as a substate, and that be wood huh?

I believe that there are certain tools to be used but haven't seen a roller do scroll work yet and neither has Gary!!

Do your brushes scream when you put them to work?

Truly though if we really want to clean up the enviroment, we should start with all the sh-t in DC whose only job is to seperate our money from us.
How much land does anyone really need?

BTW, did you buy your permits to hike on the trails yet?

Posted by Bob Burns (Member # 268) on :

VINYL STRIPING!!!!Yeah....dat's it!!!

Still using a Hiller brush Dutch gave me 30 years ago! Wanna borrow it!?.....Yeah...right!!!

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Bob Burns
Bob Burns Signs

1619 Oregon Ave.
Prescott, Az 86305
1-520-778-5879

Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :

Joey
I don't know if this is true or it will work.
But someone told me years back to put some Hideglue in the housing of a new brush to stop the hair lose...
Like I said I have never done this!
I don't know if it helps or not.
You have been at it longer then I.

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Raven/2001
Airbrushed by Raven
Lower Sackville N.S.
deveausdiscovery@sprint.ca

Posted by PKing (Member # 337) on :

I thought that only happened to me!Whew now I
feel better.Stripes on Harley fenders for custm bike builder.When he spots a hair in the stripe(I usally remove before delivery)
ask me if I can do that to ALL his stripe jobs. huh? This guy claims it is the small flaws that give the "hand painted" look.
Go figuire

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PKing is
Pat King of
King Sign Design in
McCalla,Alabama
The Professor of
SIGNOLOGY

Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :

And furthermore Joey....
If we keep killing animals for the hair, maybe we should have some special fast food restaurants for signwriters and stripers, and run by them, where we serve squirrel and eggs, grilled ox sandwiches, camel pudding, etc. Get the rig striped while eating?

Joey, we all have hairs falling out. Brush quality is down. I did see a guy doing scrolls with a Beuglar tool at a sign convention a couple years back...flames on a fender, not small and tight, but nice curves. I came home and tried it. Practiced for half an hour and went back to brushes.

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The SignShop
Mendocino, California
"Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"

Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :

Rick, Camel Pudding? As in Camel hair brush? How about Ferris Wheels, are they made of Ferris?
Camel invented the hair brush!!!!!!!!

Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :

When I first started lettering, I was shown to take a needle with some ?epoxy resin? to squirt in the band of the brushes to secure the hairs and that was 20 years ago.
Art Sign brushes were just being discontinued where I was but were valued highly in the trade. Langnickles were coming into the arena in the area.
Liquitex manufactured the Art Sign brushes, Grumbacher was about the second choice or up against Raphael. It really all depended on where they were manufactured, but of course, as time went on, the assembly of the brushes reflected a downhill trend on quality.
In any case, the idea of using a glue to secure the hairs when newly purchased was another tip on how to get them to lose less hairs.

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Deb
Creative Signs
"Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime."

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