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Today I had a small pinstriping job to do, being such an amature at striping as I am I've been using mack green wrapped brushes for all this time, I do OK, I mean it sells but I wouldnt consider myself a striper yet.
Well anyway this truck needed a double line on the bed and a single line over the wheel well, I striped the bed and then the infamous wheel well, oh i usually dread those, I usually either get it on the first shot or it takes me many tries.
Well I was using the green wrap mack and had already wiped it off 3 times, then I figured I'd give the blue wrap mack a try. BAM first pull nice even line flowed real smooth and fast.
Most of the time I blame the operator rather than the tool, and although the operator needs more practice, it is real nice to finally use a better brush.
Thanks to Dewayne Cannot ( I hope I spelled your name right, lol) for mentioning the blue wrap brush a long while back in chat.
I had always bought my striping brushes at the automotive paint supplier when picking up supplies, and I never knew there two different grades of striping brushes.
[ February 14, 2004, 11:45 AM: Message edited by: Bob Rochon ]
-------------------- Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA 508-865-7330
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The right equipment will usually make almost any job easier. I keep trying to explain that to people about cooking. I know so many people who get frustrated and say they can't cook or don't like to cook and I think that the tools they are using is half the problem. I'll see someone trying to chop an onion with a small, dull knife on a cutting board the size of a postage stamp. I'd be frustrated and do a lousy job too. You can use one good knife for 90% of what you do in the kitchen. I bought a really good Wusthof Grand Prix 8" chef's knife (the knife you want if you only have one) for $49.95 brand new in the packaging on Ebay - they retail for $125.
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
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I've had a green wrapped Mack in my hand all day. It has not seen any paint but I pull imaginary lines at work all the time. I'll go home later and get out the Mack 10's and Lazers to do some practice.
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Damn right Bob! Did ya know that the green wrapped Macks are strictly made for touch-ups of automotive paint? Well, now ya know thats why they are cheap.
The other day I did my weekly 12 vehicles for a Toyota dealer and after the first vehicle I switched heads to a new one on my LazerLines brush because the brush was giving split lines on long pulls. The new head was awesome and went through the vehicles like a youngster. Today I did another dozen using the same head with the same experience.
Just goes to say ya what a little head can do for ya
-------------------- HotLines Joey Madden - pinstriping since 1952 'Perfection, its what I look for and what I live for'
I was at the bayou bash and this crazy guy...they call him Bobo ..:)was watching me back up some gold with a brown.
He said in this quick snap...get in there and get yourself a grey from Joanna Nouis....
so here I go...bought one to try and my lines pulled at least 3 times more straight than before...and wound up comin home with several hundred dollars worth of brushes...
guess it goes to show ya...those guys that have been around a while actually know somethin!
right Joey?...you perv!
-------------------- Robert Beverly Arlington, Texas Posts: 1023 | From: Arlington, Texas | Registered: Jan 2001
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Oh man, after stuggling with getting good quaklity thinner lines, I checked my Mack 10's and found, I didn't have any O, OO, or OOO. So I switched back to my favorite Lazerline brush head, the #3. The #3 has very long hair and can do the thin line and up to 3/16".
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Dumb Question: Does it matter which way the "cardboard" part of the wrapping at the ferrule faces? Often wondered this. I assume the belly of the brush points down, but sometimes when ya get 'er loaded it is hard to tell. Need to know...will have a Harley in my garage tomorrow! Usin' an Excaliber. Love...JILL
-------------------- That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place. -Russ McMullin Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Jill, depends on whether you are right haded or left handed hehe couln't resist. Seriously, though I keep it inside (right handed) because if you don't you have an upside down brush.
-------------------- Kathy Joiner River Road Graphics 41628 River Road Ponchatoula, La.70454
Old enough to know better...Too young to resist. Posts: 1891 | From: Ponchatoula, LA | Registered: Nov 2000
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Hey, Thanks fer the mention. I have been conducting a long term durabilty test with a MACK "DC Flatliner" -------I used a "0" exclusivly for one year Feb 03-Feb 04 Straight line brush extrodanaire! I kept a log of distance and money charged, the numbers are not yet totaled, However the estimates are $80,000.00 and 12 miles. pretty good for a brush stored in 10w30 and only trimed at birth (less than 1/32 off the tip) STOP HACKING UP PERFECTLY GOOD BRUSHES The DC Flatliner costs about $18.00 made by MACK and endorsed by yours truly,
PS: I recieve no monetary compensation from Mack-they just make good brushes and I can't do enough to support those who support the Letterhead Movement!
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hehe couln't resist. Seriously, though I keep it inside (right handed) because if you don't you have an upside down brush.
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