We have a new pinliner/pinstriper that we are working with and he does excellent work. Austin had him pimp out his ride first. 3 1/2 hours and not a bit of tape. All work was done freehand. Thought you might like to see some of Igor’s amazing work.
Troy
is that paint or pigment?.. pretty darn cool…
Is that the Igor that used to work for 17th street and he does hot rod cars as well?
jjp, It’s paint. He is ordering paint to go underneath the gloss coat but he didn’t have it right at that moment. Igor said it would withstand a few swipes along the beach. He has his board striped on the deck and it has lasted over 2 years so far.
Monstar, Same guy.
Troy
Oh, that’s sick… those freehand pinline guys blow my mind! That guy’s an artist.
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F-ing beautiful! Looks great on that yellow, you’re stoked!
Interesting timing, too… I’ve been talking with Peter “pinliner” St. Pierre from Moonlight glassing about learning to do that very kind of freehand pinstriping. He turned me on to a how-to DVD outlining a “boot camp” for learning the fundamentals. 10,000 practice strokes to get the basic forms down, 10,000 practice strokes before even attempting a design of any type.
The timing is interesting because today I did my very first 200 strokes, so look for my freehand work in a few years or so! 
that is beautiful! good pinstriping always looks awsome!
Nice. Igor has skills. Shuwz will be amazing us soon. Dagger brush pinstriping is so much fun it should be illegal.
Very cool and old school. I thought that level of pin-lining was a lost art. It’s good to see great craftmanship and artistry.
Mahalo for sharing!
D
hey shwuz,
What type of paint do you use under the gloss coat? I heard liquitex or a paint called sea-core(sp)? I am in the middle of testing the liquitex and havent glossed over it yet. I am just worried about the gloss cloat seperating or the paintbleeding.
Austin S.
Austin,
Since you’re in the testing stage…how’s about trying “setting” the liquitex with a light coat of clear acrylic spray before glossing.
I’ve used this technique on various inks with good results.
Thanks to Herb, I prefer the Dutch Boy acrylic to Krylon. Get it at K-Mart for much less than Krylon.
Just a thought.
Pete
Whoa, hold on there austin! I’m not actually painting anything yet!
But Pinliner said that he’s used oneshot with success under poly gloss, as the gloss goes off fast enough to keep the paint from bleeding.
Definitely test first. 
I’ve had Krylon make Zig pen lines bleed. It was probably because I had put on too thick a coat, but it started to run. Lighter coats might work better, but I still don’t think it’s a great spray.
Howzit Austin, The only thing that would make the gloss separate is if the paint is to thick and stops the flowing of the gloss. Aloha,Kokua
Howzit Rachel,No need to cover Zig pen pigment ink with Krylon, just make sure it’s dry. I always wash the board with soap and water and if the pin lines don’t run then you will have no problems when you gloss the board. I find india ink works best.Aloha,Kokua
Rachel,
You have to be patient with acrylic. A few light coats that are left to dry between coats works best. My son is the local Posca graphics man for his shortboard crew and I usually have to step in to get him to slow down his spraying - you know they just want to get it done and get it in the water…
If you can find the Dutch Boy instead of the Krylon I think you might be pleasantly suprised with the results. Just remember, light coat - let it dry, light coat - let it dry, etc. Also, keep the can at least 12" away from the work, start spraying before the can is over the work and move in long sweeping strokes.
Pete
I had gone with acrylic because I wasn’t planning on glossing the board and just wanted something so the ink wouldn’t rub off. I have yet to even get the board wet, so we’ll see how well that works.
I probably wasn’t letting it dry enough between coats. I was pretty impatient too.
brilliant brushwork. incredible symmetry. i am awed by this kind of stuff. show us more of igor’s work please.
UPOL, use UPOL clear #1