| Adding a pinstriping design to your car or motorcycle | | | | way to experiment with pinstriping. |
| will instantly make it stand out from the crowd. Each | | | | Freehand designing is the most difficult and is an |
| pinstriping design is unique, creating a personal touch to | | | | extremely intricate process in the application of |
| any vehicle. Since the designs are so intricate, no one | | | | pinstripe designs. This process, unlike the others, |
| design looks the same. You can create pinstriping | | | | requires much more practice to master the art of |
| designs using templates with grooves, tape stencils, or | | | | pinstriping. Although this method remains very difficult, it |
| the most difficult method, freehand. Each design | | | | holds no restrictions during the creation of your |
| consists of two colors, the main body and the line. With | | | | pinstripe design. In order to keep the pinstripe design |
| either method, your vehicle will stand out and show | | | | organized and neat, masking tape is required to be laid |
| your personalized style. | | | | down as an outline of the design. |
| The first design method is also one of the most | | | | It is important to remember paint can easily drip under |
| common the use of templates. These templates are a | | | | the edge and so auto body masking tape should be |
| great way to begin pinstriping because it gives you a | | | | used while creating your freehand pinstriping design. |
| guide throughout the project. By choosing templates | | | | After using this method your pinstriping will express |
| containing grooves, you are able to create a design | | | | your individual artistic flavor more so than stencils. |
| consisting of different depths and textures. This | | | | Although it is ultimately up to the designer, two colors |
| method of pinstriping also allows a variety of colors to | | | | are usually used while creating pinstripes. The first |
| be utilized with more simplicity. Using the templates also | | | | color sets off the body of your vehicle. The second |
| allows the work to be much neater. | | | | color commonly used is the color for the thin line that |
| The second method of creating designs are tape | | | | contrasts and may decide how many colors will be |
| stencils. Tape stencils for designs are available in a | | | | included in your pinstripe design. |
| large variety of different applications. While applying | | | | Pinstriping paint holds fast to steel and painted |
| tape stencils to create your design it is very important | | | | surfaces, allowing the design to remain over a period |
| to use specific pinstriping brushes. These brushes will | | | | of time. No matter what method of application used |
| ensure the quality of your pinstripe. A benefit from the | | | | pinstriping designs add a distinctive look to your vehicle. |
| use of tape stencils is that it allows you to apply | | | | Just remember the materials chosen should always |
| multiple colors without waiting for the other applied | | | | suit your artistic level as you create your intricate |
| stripes to dry. This method of application is an excellent | | | | pinstripe designs. |