what are traditional pin lines done with? tinted resin, or paint? if resin…must it be thinned out. if yes, with what?
what are traditional pin lines done with? tinted resin, or paint? if > resin…must it be thinned out. if yes, with what? Traditional pins are done in gloss resin.The pigment is added and the pins are painted by hand with a brush. After the pin dries you have to sand the wax surface off before glossing.To thin resin you use styrene. This a very generic description.There are are a lot of different factor that need to be considered. I found a lot of usefull stuff in the archives.Resin pins can be pretty tricky but keep the faith…they are the best for old style boards.
Traditional pins are done in gloss resin.The pigment is added and the pins > are painted by hand with a brush. After the pin dries you have to sand the > wax surface off before glossing.To thin resin you use styrene. This a very > generic description.There are are a lot of different factor that need to > be considered.>>> I found a lot of usefull stuff in the archives.Resin pins can be pretty > tricky but keep the faith…they are the best for old style boards. I use Zig pens for pinlines these days. but I have a trick for resin pinlines. Tape off the board for your pin line and for the gloss coat, brush your pinline with pigmented gloss or sanding resin,pull the tape.As soon as your pinline gels do the gloss coat. Timing is important, but I used this procedure many times and it always worked.
if using paint pens for the pinline… do you go through the line in one straight stroke, or do you sort of color it in little by little??? what’s a good method?
Teddy: Remember that question you posted about the Cheater Tool? Take a look at it again and I believe it will start to make sense now. It has to be as continuous and consistant as possible, the paint will be too thick or too thin if not. Go down and buy a Med. point paint pen and just play around with one on a sanded finish board. It all cleans up with a little acetone or scotchbrite pad. TS>>> if using paint pens for the pinline… do you go through the line in one > straight stroke, or do you sort of color it in little by little??? what’s > a good method?
no i meant if you were using a tape line… but could you use the cheater tool, and do one strip of tape. just to have that edge to run along?
no i meant if you were using a tape line… but could you use the > cheater tool, and do one strip of tape. just to have that edge to run > along? The cheater tool uses the rail line as your guide. Hold the tool over the edge of the rail, pen, pencil or knife blade you have inserted in the holder is set to the distance you want the line to be drawn offset from the edge and pull the tool along your rail line. No taping. It’s cheating because in my mind there is nothing that comes close to resin pins laid down by a skilled pair of hands. (much less a series of 2-3 pins side by side). The paint pen is easy get started with as you can wipe it off easily if you don’t like your first try. I do that a lot! TS