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Due to the generosity of a great guy, Steve Estes, I have some new pinstriping brush's. I have about a dozen or so brush's that are ver hard to work with due to the fact that I have not had very much success with "Trimming" them.
My question's is this: Due all brush's need to be trimmed??
I have also read somewhere about a procedure that someone did to thier brush's "Before" they actually put them into service. What can you offer along these line's???
I do have several books on pinstriping and some even go thru the trimming process, but somewhere between reading and transfering that information to my hand holding the razor blade I end up with a brush that is not very workable.
I do not want to ruin these very fine brush's so if I have to wait until another letterhead meet I guess that will be a good excuse to go....
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-------------------- Troy "Metalleg" Haas 626 Kingswood Dr Evansville,In 47715 Posts: 1100 | From: Evansville,Indiana, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Before any brush is to be trimmed if need be, you must have the feel of the brush. Translation is brain, eye, hand, wrist, finger coordination. You may think what I am saying is bogus but the fact remains that not everyone has the feel down correctly. In order to lay a extreamly thin line, lets say 1/64th of an inch, a 00 isn't necessarily the brush to use in order to get a uniform line. Belly brushes and less belly brushes are the choice of the user, just like dagger or swords, excepting that they are made for 2 different applications. Swords can be trimmed from the point as trimming the belly isn't necessary.
Hope this helps
-------------------- HotLines Joey Madden - pinstriping since 1952 'Perfection, its what I look for and what I live for'
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***Following Post made by guy who doesn't used a brush daily*** (I'm no expert) I would figure the people who make the brushes know more than me and are selling brushes for thier intended purposes ... not make it yourself kits. I've heard (done) of trimming a bit of the belly of s brush to turn a dagger into a sword (or is it the other way around) or trimming a little off the tip for a blunter start. I assume these are personal decisions based on using said brush. So go play first then trim as desired.
Before using I understand you should wash out the sizing in spirits then then oil up into the feral(sp?)then wash again then play
again- I am no expert and will be watching this post also
-------------------- Compulsive, Neurotic, Anti-social and Paranoid ... but basically Happy Posts: 2677 | From: Rochester, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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For the most part yes. There will be one in a hundred maybe that will work right out of the box but they are the exception. Unless you want the stopping and starting points to be just that "points" , you will have to take a little off the tip. Pointy ends were common back in the early sixties in some parts of the country but you don't see 'em much anymore. I get mine ready to go by getting the sizing out of them, rinse it in some thinner, then I load it with paint and pull a few lines. I find this will give a good indication of just how much to knock off the tip, I pallatte the brush kinda dry, lay it on it's side on a piece of glass and knock the tip off with an x-acto by pushing straight down. I load it back up and pull a few more lines to see if I got it right. I've seen a lot of things written about trimming the belly. I don't recommend this, you usually end up ruining the brush. The only reason to trim the belly would be that the hairs are kicking out on turns. Either don't stand the brush up as much or switch to another brush, that one just isn't gonna turn in your hands. The belly on a brush is the resivoir, it is the " pipeline" of the paint to the tip and controls the flow of paint. If you remove the belly the paint will not flow right, it will either dry out too quick and your line will thin out or build up in globs and dump out all at once uncontrollably
[ November 25, 2002, 11:59 AM: Message edited by: George Perkins ]
-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
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Good answers from Joey and George. Consult Hanukaine's book for his take or Gary Steele's Truck Lettering for another. This is a preference thing. Get a cheap Mack 20 (Green Twine) to cut and check the results. It may not be what you want.
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