paint pen for rims

[Uncle Stretch]

I saw Cman bought a bike that had the lines drawn around the edges of the rims and it was done with a regular marker. My wife came home from walleyworld with some paint markers tonight that would be good for that . the cost a couple bucks and come in differant colors . Called Elmers Painters. they are four differant widths and you could build a holder and run a line around the rims in a trueing stand. Ill have to try it and see how they work.

 

[user 135]

Following the 5 foot rule-the sharpies look pretty good. Yours should work better. Just don't spin too fast as the markers may not keep up.

 

[elvis51]

i cant wait to see how this works out! ive got quite a few of those paint pens. CMAN whats the 5foot rule?

Easy E

 

[Uncle Stretch]

oh oh i know ...it looks good from 5 foot away . :wink:

 

[user 135]

For your house when scraping and prepping for paint, it is the 10 foot rule.

 

[elvis51]

lol gotcha!!! kinda like the good from far but far from good type thing?! where you see a good lookin girl across the street but when you get close, DANG!!! she looked better from far away? lol im gonna have to use this 5footer rule sometime soon.

Easy E

 

[Rat Rod]

Just make sure the wheels are trued first...he he. :lol:

 

[Wildcat]

I used a silver paint pen on my Schwinn. My hand isn't as steady as I would like.

 

[Crassly]

Years ago I bought a Flo-Pen at an art store for $60. They told me I could pin stripe wheels with it. You fill it with whatever color of one shot you want. Unfortunately I've never used it and it is still sitting in the box.

 

[thatismytruck]

For your house when scraping and prepping for paint, it is the 10 foot rule.

when finishing up painting the house, My dad always said about blemishes: "Never see it from a helicopter."

good enough for me.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I pinstriped these rusty wheels with a white paint marker. came out ok for a rat. wouldn't do it on a restore.

 

[Rustinkerer]

For your house when scraping and prepping for paint, it is the 10 foot rule.

...One of the hot rod mags had an editorial about that.. Had a quote that went something like "Ever contemplated block-sanding a house?" :lol: ~Adam

 

[karfer67]

i have tried doing tires with a striping mack brush and it works ok as long as the wheel is true. if you want to get really trick make a jig to hold the pen

 

[Uncle Stretch]

It seems easy enough especially if you have a trueing stand to clamp a piece of metal on it and figure out a way to clamp one of the paint pens to that and roll roll roll. :shock:

 

[karfer67]

now you got it other than the issue of the wheel being somewhat true

 

[Markm]

...make a guide that rolls on the side of the rim and holds the paint pen...

 

[beatcad]

...make a guide that rolls on the side of the rim and holds the paint pen...

yes that works or.....

this is kind of cheating, but i saw this from my striping guys.
they cant use it for freehand of course, but to paint a straight long line(like along the side of a car) there is a special masking tape made just for this.
i've got a couple rolls of single and double stripe tape fort his. i'm just waitin' to use 'em for something. maybe rims. maybe fenders.

 

[sailorbenjamin]

We had a striping wheel years ago that had a clip on thingy that kept the tip a given distance from an edge. the wheel wouldn't have to be so true if you made one of those.

 

[B607]

I tried the trueing stand method with a paint marker and just made a mess. I did this one with masking tape and 1/16" fine line tape. Then I rattle canned the stripe on. It's a bit better than 5mph. Not perfect so maybe 3mph. 8) Gary

 

[Ed_Straker's_Rat]

I have a couple of rolls of the pin striping tape for a project I am working on:

http://www.finessepinstriping.com/striper_order.asp

They also sell paint:

http://www.finessepinstriping.com/paint_order.asp

It's really useful if you are doing long, fine lines along the length of the frame...