Re: Orange Pinstriping

From: Robert Trottmann (rotrottmann@davidson.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 16 1998 - 00:32:05 EST


I was never considering buying a pinstriping kit to paint it myself. :-) I like
the idea of going to a salvage yard to practice. :^)
Thanks for the info. :-}
I tried to get as many :-)'s as you had, :-0, was I successful :-?

Jon Steiger wrote:

> At 10:54 PM 3/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >If you wanna do it yourself, I suggest a book on pinstriping and some spare
> >fenders or such. It really inst that hard, but does require a steady eye.
> >
>
> I saw a guy at Oshkosh (EAA Convention) who was selling pinstripers;
> he was giving demonstrations... It did a really professional job; this
> guy was *good*; obviously had years of practice. :-) They weren't all
> that expensive, but I wouldn't trust myself to paint my truck; I dunno
> how you feel about it, Robert. :-) (If painting is anything like
> installing carridge bolts...) ;-)
>
> Another added danger of buying a painting unit is that you can't just
> stop after doing one car. You've got to do another car, toolboxes, the
> fridge, etc. Some guy even put pinstriped flames on his toilet. :-)
>
> -Jon-
>
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