Watching a pinstripe specialist at work is a real education. Back in the late 1940's, an employee of our body shop did all the striping for our business, and several others in the area. I was about 3 years old at the time, so I barely remember the guy. I've been told he could stripe a set of wheels freehand with a long-bristle camel's hair brush, and get the stripes exactly right, position and thickness, every time. It was done by mounting a wheel on the front hub without a tire installed, and turning the wheel against the brush which the painter held steady with the aid of a jack stand or other support.
Here's the tricky part- - - -the guy was an alcoholic, and he needed about three drinks before his hands got steady enough to use the striping brush! That problem finally got us out of the body shop business- - - -it was almost impossible to find a painter who wasn't a drunk. Fast-forward about 50 years, and the problem is similar, but most of them are dopers, as well as alcohol abusers.
Jerry
