Pinstriping - How do I work around pinstriping?

[sleepy]

Pinstriping - How do I work around pinstriping?

I have the opportunity to do my father-in-laws '34 roadster replica. But I am not sure about how to work on it because of the pen stripping. Does anyone have any experience with pen stripping?

This is an awesome looking car,will show lots of pics with this one!

[Bounty]

I have the opprotunity to do my father-in-laws '34 roadster replica. But I am not sure about how to work on it because of the pen stripping. Does anyone have any experiance with pen stripping?
This is an awsome looking car,will show lots of pics with this one!

Just detailed a customer's Cadillac STS-V with custom hand painted pinstriping along both sides (front to back) and the hood. Carefully trimmed some painter's tape in half and covered them for the heavy polishing work. Removed the tape and hand applied mild polish to the area to clean it up as best I could. Unlike a vinyl graphic I could just buy again, this pinstriping had been hand painted by a gentleman who is since deceased.

Let's just say I used a very light touch...

[MyFirstES300]

Oh, Pin striping! I thought pen striping was something new and I was behind the times...

[sleepy]

Will claying the pen strip hurt it? Because of the size of the trunk and the amount of pin stripping, the pin stripping pretty much covers the whole trunk.

[Bounty]

Will claying the pen strip hurt it? Because of the size of the trunk and the amount of pin stripping, the pin stripping pretty much covers the whole trunk.

Is it vinyl or painted? How thick is it?

[sleepy]

Oh, Pin striping! I thought pen striping was something new and I was behind the times...

Sorry, can't spell. Spent 5 years in college and never learned how to spell. Must have gotten by on my good looks!!

[SHYNEMAN123]

I have the opprotunity to do my father-in-laws '34 roadster replica. But I am not sure about how to work on it because of the pen stripping. Does anyone have any experiance with pen stripping?
This is an awsome looking car,will show lots of pics with this one!

Is it painted srtipe or tape ?

[sleepy]

Will claying hurt the PIN stripping? I also was thinking of using #7 as a good touch. So, using a real lite touch is the answer? Because of the size of the trunk the pin stripping covers a good amount of the trunk.

[sleepy]

Is it painted srtipe or tape ?

It is hand painted.

[sleepy]

I am going to post this again with the correct spelling. I have an opprotunity to do my father-in-laws '34 roadster replica. The problem is he has hand painted pin stripping. As I have stated before the pin stripping covers most of the trunk area because of the size of the truck. Has anyone else have suggestions on how to handle this.

Bounty, thanks for the tip, I will keep this in mind while working on the car.