well ive decided to try a cloth inlay and i need to pinline it…all ive used is pinlines by markers and air gun…are the pinlines the stencils…that are like stickers or what?? anyone know where i can buy this?? also what do u put it on…the board after its done…on the foam??? any explanation would be swell thankd dk
I like to put the pinlines on after the hot coat but before the gloss coat. Sand the hot coat to 220 grit. lay down the width of the pinline between two pieces of good quality tape, make sure it is burnished down really good, use a stick or your finger nail. Spray water based paint in pinline, use Delta or Liquitex, do it in a couple of light sprays. Pull tape and hot coat. You can also do it with resin pigments pin the same way except you have to pull the tape when the resin is the consistency peanut butter. Pull too early it runs, pull it too late and you get ragged edges. You can put them on the foam except it looks like pinlines on foam, kind of fuzzy. And it doesn’t help with the covering of cloth inlay part? -Jay
i have had better luck with resin pinlines. maybe it’s just me…what do you want to do ink, or resin??
Ive never thought about using resin to do pinlinever it makes total sense.I dont have the hands for the pens. http://www.paradoxdistribution.com
When I do resin pinlines I add a little neutral spray gelcoat.Gelcoat is designed to hold onto near vertical surfaces without sagging.When used for pinlines you can pull the tape as soon as you have brushed it out, and it run or sag.David.
my technique for pins is 220 sand the hotcoat, tape MUST be auto body quality. I use only the 3M stuff (what the hell is their stock number, I forget). Anyway, set the tape down by eye (hard to get it even, I know) and burnish (rub it down good and hard) with a smooth stick, finger, whatever. I use mostly 3/4 inch tape for my work, but 1/2 or 1/4 comes in handy on curves. Next, mix a small quick batch of clear lam resin and seal the area between the tapes so the pin resin won’t bleed under the tape (again you have to use good tape). While it sets up, mix your pigment and finish resin. Since I only buy lam resin I use a little home-made surfacing agent at this time. I set off the pin resin pretty quick the fact that it’s lam resin makes it quick too. I use a 1 inch brush or smaller to lay it on. I pull the tape IMMEDIATELY after brushing on the colored resin. If you brush the resin on too thick, especially on a rail or slope, it may sag and you’ll have some wet sanding (220 grit) to do, but you’ll be doing some anyway when you finish the board.
Howzit Charlie, It’s 233 or 233plus 3m tape. Another trick is when you lay down the pinline folow with a heat gun or hair dryer to prevent bleeding.Aloha, Kokua
ahh good responses, so with the resin pinline i just make a small batch of lam resin with black pigment… but if im doing a cloth inlay am i doing this after ive done the cloth inlay, and laminated the deck, or do i do it befor i lam the deck, someone want to clearify
dK, after your lam it do a brushstroke of lam resin around the outline of your cloth inlay,make sure it is smooth that way you will have a smooth surface to tape off do the tape pinline it and the hot coat,if you are gonna gloss it just do it before the gloss on the hot coat http://www.paradoxdistribution.com
For resin pins: 1) Shape and lay out cloth (use green 3m tape) and use a light under board to see the tape line when cuttin’. 2) Lam & make sure that the ( I like to make laps go over the inlay on the rails. 3) Hotcoat to 220 3) Pinline and pull tape as the just as it seems to start to kick 4) Sand pinline if fuzzy (use a razorblade with 220 folded over. 5) Email Cleanlines when it turns to sh*t. Kokua nailed the heatgun trick…I always use it after his tip and have not had one bleed yet. Hope this helps… Late, Dave
so are u prescribing markers??, im kinda iffy on the resin pinline dk
Howzit DJ, Markers are easier and less messy and alot easier to fix if you blow it. Alot of times I don’t even charge for straight pins since with pens it only takes a min. or two to lay them down. Aloha, Kokua
Resin pins are tough to explain…easy if you see it with your own two eyes.I like what Resinhead and kokua posted…tape and spray.One good thing about hotcoat pinlines is that if you forkup you can take em off and start again…and again…and again.If you don’t have a spray set up you can use spray cans from the auto parts store,they are acrylic lacquer.The brand I use is “Plastikote”.Its real thin so you have to mist it on with light passes.It will bleed under the best tape if you get it to wet. R.B