I have an old brass pin-striper - it's a cylinder with a plunger, and a knurled wheel running in a slot at the bottom. There's a guide arm on one side that's adjustable, but it's just a brass rod. I've never tried to use it - it looks like paint would just run right out around the wheel. I pin-striped my '51 VW when I re-painted it in college - by hand. It was OK, but not perfectly straight like the pro can do.
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 6:53 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > In the 60s and early 70s, BMW motorcycle tanks were all hand pinstriped. > I changed my 70 /5 from silver/Blue to the classic Schwarz/weiss colors. I > found a guy down by the river in Nauvoo, Il who was supposed to be good at > hand pinstriping. After I had the tank painted Black imron, I took it to > him for striping, which he said was no problem, as he had done many BMW > tanks. I also asked him to do some additional lettering and scrollwork. > > When I got the tank back, I was amazed at the artwork he had done. All by > hand. I still have the tank. He told me that pinstriping was done with > flat leather "brushes" > > I think JCWhitney still sells the flat pinstriping brushes. -- OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
