Pinstripping 442
January 21st, 2012, 01:32 PM
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January 21st, 2012, 02:46 PM
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January 22nd, 2012, 05:55 AM
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January 22nd, 2012, 02:05 PM
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You have the Assembly Manual? Just a thought. Have you considered having the stripes done freehand by a pinstriper? When my 83 Regency got repainted, that was the option I was offered at the body shop. The original paint on the car was lacquer which had to be redone because it went on too dry and 'crazed' all over, but the stripes where enamel freehand and they looked great! Gives it the personalized touch
January 22nd, 2012, 03:02 PM
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You have the Assembly Manual? Just a thought. Have you considered having the stripes done freehand by a pinstriper? When my 83 Regency got repainted, that was the option I was offered at the body shop. The original paint on the car was lacquer which had to be redone because it went on too dry and 'crazed' all over, but the stripes where enamel freehand and they looked great! Gives it the personalized touch
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January 22nd, 2012, 04:08 PM
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January 22nd, 2012, 05:03 PM
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I'd just lay them out by hand and paint after car is done like factory did or some people paint a wide strip of stripe color down the side of car, tape the car like you were going to stripe it, paint the body color, peel off the tape to reveal the stripes in the color you chose and then clear over everything.original71stripes3.jpg
January 22nd, 2012, 06:42 PM
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January 22nd, 2012, 07:56 PM
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hatching at the wheel well. Is that like yours you mentioned awhile back? Factory? I remember you saying they were not done quite perfect.
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January 22nd, 2012, 08:55 PM
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That is very "typical" imperfection where the stripes come together...."cross hatch" or not a perfect sharp corner is what I've seen. A couple original paint/triple-side-striped cars here have similar "defects" at the intersections. Really, really cool stuff if you ask me.
Another one here that's been repainted had a pretty nice job done on it. Not perfect and it looked like the painter must have masked off the triple stripe setup with tape and then used a brush to lay down the stripes. The thickness of the paint makes it seem this way as you look closely at the stripe (doesn't have a super even sprayed look). Similar "look" at the intersections...not absolutely perfect. The car was striped here many years ago and the owner and I were talking about it the other day....how whoever striped it really did a good job of not making them look "too perfect".
Also--notice the gap between the end of the stripe and the QP edge as well as the ANGLED ending on the stripe...follows the angle of the QP edge. On the front fender there's a gap as well but the stripes are cut off straight up and down.
Another one here that's been repainted had a pretty nice job done on it. Not perfect and it looked like the painter must have masked off the triple stripe setup with tape and then used a brush to lay down the stripes. The thickness of the paint makes it seem this way as you look closely at the stripe (doesn't have a super even sprayed look). Similar "look" at the intersections...not absolutely perfect. The car was striped here many years ago and the owner and I were talking about it the other day....how whoever striped it really did a good job of not making them look "too perfect".
Also--notice the gap between the end of the stripe and the QP edge as well as the ANGLED ending on the stripe...follows the angle of the QP edge. On the front fender there's a gap as well but the stripes are cut off straight up and down.
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