pinlines

I was looking at a glossed longboard the other day and as I was rubbing over the pinlines, you could feel them. They felt like they were almost raised. And it looked like it may have been put on just under the gloss coat. Can anyone explain how this process is done. I have only pinlined on foam. Is the pinline paint? Thanks

I was looking at a glossed longboard the other day and as I was rubbing > over the pinlines, you could feel them. They felt like they were almost > raised. And it looked like it may have been put on just under the gloss > coat. Can anyone explain how this process is done. I have only pinlined on > foam. Is the pinline paint? Thanks Chris, The pinlines were done with tinted resin. They are taped off, painted on and the board is then glossed. Old school way of doing it and becoming a lost art. Much more time consuming than pens or airbrush. Time is money to most high production shops. But the real craftsmen won’t do it any other way. I am sure some of these guys can give you more details, I am just a novice at all this too. ed

Chris, The pinlines were done with tinted resin. They are taped off, > painted on and the board is then glossed. Old school way of doing it and > becoming a lost art. Much more time consuming than pens or airbrush. Time > is money to most high production shops. But the real craftsmen won’t do it > any other way. I am sure some of these guys can give you more details, I > am just a novice at all this too.>>> ed I’ll weigh in by saying the key to pinlines w/ resin (other than the tape off which is critical for visual symetry)is pulling the tape at just the right time. Pull too soon and the resin will run. Pull too late and you get ragged uneven edges. I’ve found that very narrow pinlines are easier than thicker ones. You’ll want to experiment with tints and or opaque pigments.( I go to the boat supply stores and buy little tubes of gel coat pigment cause the pints of pigments are so expensive) Your best bet is to take an old board and sand it. Tape off several mock pinlines; thick,thin etc. Practice with different amounts of catylyst to resin/pigment ratios. (the pigment will retard the reaction time for the resin to kick. Ideally you want the resin to thicker in viscosity than motor oil but thinner than pancake batter when you pull the tape. (best analogy i can come up with) test the resin with the tip of an ice pick or something like that to guage its condition. After a while you’ll know thru trial and error (and beleive me that’s what it’s all about) when to pull the tape. Now you know why this is becoming a lost art. The good news…if you f _ _ k up you can always sand it off and start again. JC

Hui, Ohanasurf! Say…you wouldn’t be John Carper, would you?! In any event, thanks for the “sage” response. Mai Ka’i! T. (You can’t beat them tinted lammo pinlines. ole school da rule!).

Hui, Ohanasurf! Say…you wouldn’t be John Carper, would you?! In any > event, thanks for the “sage” response. Mai Ka’i! T. (You can’t > beat them tinted lammo pinlines. ole school da rule!). Any time brudda! JC (not John Carper but thanks anyway)

Thanks for all the valuable info. I’ll be trying my hand at it this weekend.