Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted September 13, 2019 totally off subject but Nub grafix has a show on facebook every tuesday at 9pm est (with lots of past shows available to watch) with pinstriping techniques along with gold leaving, air brushing - lots of interesting stuff to watch. he answers questions during the live feeds - just please do not embarrass yourself - he no longer works with the Tuetuls nor OCC - he is the real deal and shows techniques, answers questions about brushes and paints, marbleizing while he is striping and or leafing etc. I personally have always been fascinated by a good pinstriper and old sign making with paint and brushhttps://www.facebook.com/nubgrafix/?epa=SEARCH_BOX 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted September 15, 2019 Seriously misjudged on people being interested in leaf and striping . . . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShaneGreen 131 Posted September 16, 2019 I would never even attempt this kind of stuff, but I love watching it! My great uncle was a sign painter in Iowa....barns, berma-shave, store windows, fire trucks, you name it. A canvas bag of paints and a leather roll of brushes. As a kid I was mesmerized by the stuff he could do by hand. Heck, I still am! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted September 16, 2019 I watch every week, love the striping and I have used my plotter to do a mask to sandblast the back of mirrors and then paint part and gold leaf part. Last week nub said he liked the one I did for my daughters wedding 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfatty500 454 Posted September 17, 2019 Here's an old Indy Car from the 70's that my uncle and cousin painted and stripped, and another from 1980. That's my Uncle on the far right & his son in the cowboy hat. I used to love watching them paint and the smell of turps and paint, oh..and a few beers and shots were consumed while doing so. My cousin is still doing it at the ripe young age of 76. And all was done freehand, no masking tapes involved 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mfatty500 454 Posted September 17, 2019 And this one from 1978 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted September 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, mfatty500 said: Here's an old Indy Car from the 70's that my uncle and cousin painted and stripped, and another from 1980. That's my Uncle on the far right & his son in the cowboy hat. I used to love watching them paint and the smell of turps and paint, oh..and a few beers and shots were consumed while doing so. My cousin is still doing it at the ripe young age of 76. And all was done freehand, no masking tapes involved love it - there aren't enough new people doing the old school skilled work 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted September 18, 2019 love looking at pre-vinyl days 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted September 18, 2019 50 minutes ago, haumana said: love looking at pre-vinyl days You could pin stripe or add gold leaf to outriggers . . . .hmmmmm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haumana 1,220 Posted September 19, 2019 20 hours ago, Dakotagrafx said: You could pin stripe or add gold leaf to outriggers . . . .hmmmmm thankfully, no canoe club has done that here ... and hopefully won't. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites