Pinlining

Could someone out there who is in the ‘know’ please give some pointers/tips/guidelines/ regarding how they go about taping off beautiful flowing, even curves for their pinlines - preferably like the wondrous works of art displayed on the cooperfish surfboards website. If it is just a steady hand and practice then what do you use as landmarks for where to put it down, how and where do you hold the tape, etc. My lines always seem to have stages of curve and then a flat and so on, so that when i sight down the length it is definitely not a thing of beauty. Any info from expert pinliners or otherwise would be greatly appreciated. happy shaping, Trev http://www.microplane.com

Could someone out there who is in the ‘know’ please give some > pointers/tips/guidelines/ regarding how they go about taping off beautiful > flowing, even curves for their pinlines - preferably like the wondrous > works of art displayed on the cooperfish surfboards website. If it is just > a steady hand and practice then what do you use as landmarks for where to > put it down, how and where do you hold the tape, etc. My lines always seem > to have stages of curve and then a flat and so on, so that when i sight > down the length it is definitely not a thing of beauty. Any info from > expert pinliners or otherwise would be greatly appreciated.>>> happy shaping, Trev Try making a wooden jig that mirrors the shape of your board. Take two pieces of wood and glue (staple, nail, weld) them together at a 90 degree angle to form an L. Then take your pen and stick it in the short end of the L so that it hangs down parallel to the longer part of the L (now you have a Uish-thing). Then press that long end up against the board, with the pen now touching the blank, and move your way around the board. You can move the pen to different points on the L to create double or triple pin lines. I’m sure there are other ways but that’s all I know.

Could someone out there who is in the ‘know’ please give some > pointers/tips/guidelines/ regarding how they go about taping off beautiful > flowing, even curves for their pinlines - preferably like the wondrous > works of art displayed on the cooperfish surfboards website. If it is just > a steady hand and practice then what do you use as landmarks for where to > put it down, how and where do you hold the tape, etc. My lines always seem > to have stages of curve and then a flat and so on, so that when i sight > down the length it is definitely not a thing of beauty. Any info from > expert pinliners or otherwise would be greatly appreciated. > happy shaping, Trev Trev, there is already something on the market. Go to a paint supply store and ask for a pinliner. I had one that was a small glass container with a metal screw-on top with little brass wheels of different thicknesses you could change out for single or multi-lines. It had the “L” sticking out out of it for an edge guide. But only had a max of 2" from the edge. You’ll need to make a longer “L” out of something like number nine wire or the likes, to reach at least 3 or 4 inches from the edge. – Put pigmented resin in it and go. If the resin is too thick, thin it a little. But the viscosity of resin worked fairly well for me @ ninety degrees. – Good luck.

You can buy a “Pinstripe Stencil Tape” Its like a role of regular masking tape but the center is cut to a specifed width (ie, 1/8") – removed when in proper position. How do the pros do it. All those I have seen lay it down by the eye – remember, these guys are good and they cannot affort to be screwing around with grapics for hours on end. The shadow lights in the shaping room can help you do this. I am not on that level yet. I tape off the area with masking tape, use a half board template, cut the line with an exacto knife for the rail. Do the same for center lines, just jusing a streight edge instead. Shine http://users.leading.net/~shine

You can buy a “Pinstripe Stencil Tape” Its like a role of > regular masking tape but the center is cut to a specifed width (ie, > 1/8") – removed when in proper position. How do the pros do it. All > those I have seen lay it down by the eye – remember, these guys are good > and they cannot affort to be screwing around with grapics for hours on > end. The shadow lights in the shaping room can help you do this. I am not > on that level yet. I tape off the area with masking tape, use a half board > template, cut the line with an exacto knife for the rail. Do the same for > center lines, just jusing a streight edge instead.>>> Shine Shine, Do you do your pinline procedure on a sanded hotcoat or the laminate coat? Thanks, Magoo

Shine, Do you do your pinline procedure on a sanded hotcoat or the > laminate coat? Thanks, Magoo Right on the foam itself. I know of some that use pinlines/paints on top of lam or on the sand when its being glossed. I have painted on a sanded hotcoat, then glossed it. The colors of paints look a 100% better – they dont look as “flat” as when put right on the foam. The only thing is, if you have graphics right under your sanded hot coat or gloss, and you oversand and hit the graphic, it is a very bad sceen and is viturally impossible to get it corrected. So, I go right to the foam. Shine http://users.leading.net/~shine