How to pinstripe your car
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So, you found out that a loaded paint brush would make a line only so far before the paint ran out. We'll try to help you extend that line forever. Take a long sheet of practice media ( sheet metal, acrylic, or what ever you want to use) and begin pulling lines the length of the panel. When you run out of paint, reload your brush and start not where you left off, but just before. This will allow to to reset your pressure and release paint in the same width of the line you were doing. Try starting and stopping your line. Avoid 'blobbing' your paint in one spot. Hover your brush over your line and make strokes with the brush, touch down when you feel comfortable in starting the line again. Avoid skip or dry spots by re-wetting the line as you move into new territory. | So, you found out that a loaded paint brush would make a line only so far before the paint ran out. We'll try to help you extend that line forever. Take a long sheet of practice media ( sheet metal, acrylic, or what ever you want to use) and begin pulling lines the length of the panel. When you run out of paint, reload your brush and start not where you left off, but just before. This will allow to to reset your pressure and release paint in the same width of the line you were doing. Try starting and stopping your line. Avoid 'blobbing' your paint in one spot. Hover your brush over your line and make strokes with the brush, touch down when you feel comfortable in starting the line again. Avoid skip or dry spots by re-wetting the line as you move into new territory. | ||
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| + | Moving right along, today we want to show you how to work off an edge or a body line of a vehicle. With your brush loaded and ready to draw a line, hook your pinky finger over the edge of the practice media and freeze your finger movement to maintain this distance from the edge to your line. Draw your line. Next start a line 1/4" over from your existing line using the same locked finger technique as above and draw a consistent parallel line. If you feel confident, go to front fender of a vehicle of your choosing, start a line an inch or two below the curvature of the top of the fender and follow the body line along using the same above technique. Draw a narrower or wider line above or below the one you just drew. Now your cooking, build up your confidence and expand your horizons, because your a pin stripper! | ||
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