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| | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 277 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 277 | I am looking ahead to pin striping my wheels and thought I could make an initial stripe with a sharpie for a guide and then pin stripe over the marker. I would do this while spinning the wheel by hand. The marker would be dry when I did the striping, has anyone had experience painting over marker?
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1955 First Series 3100
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 328 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 328 | DO NOT try this!!!!!
The Sharpie/marker WILL bleed through ….. I used a three stage
pearl paint…. it bled through all three layers….!
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 328 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 328 | Do NOT try this!
It will bleed through all topcoats….. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | [quote=Squire]DO NOT try this!!!!!
The Sharpie/marker WILL bleed through ….. I used a three stage
pearl paint…. it bled through all three layers….!
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 277 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 277 | Thanks for responding Red, I had no idea.
Joe
1955 First Series 3100
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | I just 'quoted' squires opinion out of the black hole .... my thought is if you can use a sharpie to make a guide line, why not use the same technique with a small paint brush? or better, use one of those wheeled striping tools, they come with guide bars, worked well enough for meBill | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 544 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 544 | There are pinstriping pencils available that claim you can paint right over without harm to the finish. Stabilo is the one that is mentioned most frequently.
3M also sells a fine line tape that is available with pre-cut sections that peel out and used as stencils. Should have enough flex and give to work on a wheel to pinstripe. Have also heard that mounting the wheel on a hub horizontally so that the wheel can spin, get the wheel and apply paint from a brush. The last thing I striped took a while to get the touch (and a fair amount of scotch)on the brush (loading, position, and getting the line width just right) before I had the knack. Prepare to practice and make some mistakes.
Now if I stripe anything that has to be dead on, I use a stencil. The stripe turns out just perfect. No variation in width or thickness. | | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 | I've had some success over the years using " Killz " primer. It seems able to seal all sorts of markers - sharpie, metal markers, wood crayons, etc., but.....why chance it. As previous suggestions, I'd try a small pin stripping brush | | |
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