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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,094 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,094 | How durable is the stick on pen stripping. I used the stick on letters for my tailgate and they have held up great.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 5,686 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 5,686 | Stick on pin stripes on my mom's 1995 F-150 still look like new and are not peeling off.
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1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1956 Cadillac Sixty Special Fleetwood (The Godfather) | 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado (The Purple Knif) | 1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe | 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,841 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,841 | I use self-adhesive pin strip in the mid seventies and it held up real well, don't know anything about current products.
1957 Chevrolet 5700 LCF 283 SM420 2 speed rear, 1955 IH 300U T/A, 1978 Corvette 350 auto, 1978 Yamaha DT175, 1999 Harley Davidson Softail Fat Boy
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 4,209 Moderator, Electrical Bay | | Moderator, Electrical Bay Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 4,209 | If it is the stuff made by 3M or Cal-Stripe, it will be ok. I used some on my truck and between 1977 and 2020 it never looked any different than it did when new. I think I still have some of the roll I bought back then. Silver and maybe 2.5mm wide. A friend used some generic stuff and it was horrible. Back in the 70s (and maybe it is still offered) there was a masking tape product you applied and then removed the top layer. It left two pieces of masking tape spaced evenly apart and you could take pinstriping paint and a small brush, paint the exposed part and have a genuine painted pinstripe. You could also get that in dual line (one thicker one thinner) that some guys used on wheels, but I watched a pinstripe specialist do twin stripes on 4 wheels in no time at all. I doubt I could ever do this, but he had a helper jack one wheel up at a time while he rotated them and carefully painted both the stripes at once with his other hand. His brush had two long thin sets of brush hairs...one made a thin and one was wider, set about 3/8 inch apart. No tape and he didn't make a single mistake. It was amazing to watch.
~ Jon
1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,094 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 1,094 | Sounds like I will give it a try. I think it is 3M but I will confirm. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 4,886 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 4,886 | Mine is 3M going on 22 years now, still looking good. When applying, hold 2 to 3 feet of tape out away, then slowly apply, the longer you keep it, the straighter you can site down it. I went right over the door seams so the stripe would be straight from body across the doors, then sliced and rolled 1/2 on door and 1/2 to the body at each seam. Don't pull so tight you stretch it when trying to keep a straight line. We decal a bunch of school buses every year at work, our painter uses a 50/50 mix of water and alcohol when he puts on decals. It allows for some quick adjustments yet drys really quick. Soapy water also works but takes forever to dry out. | | |
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