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Pin striping (or pinstriping) is the application of a very thin line of paint or other material called a pin stripe, and is generally used for decoration. Freehand pin stripers use a specialty brush known as a pinstriping brush.

Automotive, bike shops, and do-it-yourself car and motorcycle mechanics use paint pin striping to create their own custom look on the automotive bodies and parts.

Motorcycles

Pin striping can commonly be seen exhibited on custom motorcycles, such as those built by Choppers Inc., Indian Larry, and West Coast Choppers. The decorative use of pin striping on motorcycles as it is commonly seen today was pioneered by artists Kenny Howard (a.k.a. Von Dutch), Dean Jeffries, Dennis "Gibb" Gibbish, and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. These artists are considered pioneers of the Kustom Kulture lifestyle that spawned in the early 1950s, and are widely recognized as the "originators of modern pin striping".^[1]

Automobiles

Pin striping on a truck in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

In automotive body work, pin stripes are a thin vinyl tape or paint. The tape versions are adhered directly to the painted surface in the pattern desired, whilst painted ones are done by skilled artists with 'sword' shaped brushes.

The goal of pin striping is to enhance the curves of the surface, and the lines are generally of a complementary color. In any other form of decorative pin stripes, the goal is the same. In addition and coincidentally, it can help to hide flaws in the surface such as a scratch or blemish.

Pin stripe décor is also applied to motorcycles, bicycles, semi trucks, boats, and surfboards. It is traditionally combined with freehand lettering and, to a lesser degree, sign making. The age of computers and vinyl decals helped undercut the base of traditional sign making and with it the traditional pin striper.

While stripers such as Von Dutch (Kenny Howard) and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth are possibly the best known early practitioners of 'modern' pin striping, many of the early stripers cite Tommy "The Greek" Hrones and Dean Jeffries as their major influences.

Pin striping is still practiced at shops around the world, and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars still pin stripes the "coachline" of that company's cars by hand.^[2]

References

^ St. Antoine, Arthur. - "Interview: Dean Jeffries, Hollywood legend". - Motor Trend Magazine
^ The Hands of Goodwood: The pin-stripe, or coachline, painted on a Rolls-Royce

External links

[StAntoine-MT-1] St. Antoine, Arthur. - "Interview: Dean Jeffries, Hollywood legend". - Motor Trend Magazine

[2] The Hands of Goodwood: The pin-stripe, or coachline, painted on a Rolls-Royce

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+{{Short description|Decorative painting technique}}
-:''For pin stripes in textiles, see [[Pin stripes]].''
+{{for|pinstripes in textiles|Pinstripes}}
 {{Refimprove|date=January 2008}}
 [[Image:Pinstriping.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Pin striping on a motorcycle fuel tank.]]
-'''Pin striping''' (pinstriping) is the application of a very thin line of [[paint]] or other material called a '''pin stripe''', and is generally used for decoration. Freehand pin stripers use a specialty brush known as a [[pinstriping brush]]. Fine lines in textiles are also called ''[[pin stripes]]''.
+'''Pin striping''' (or '''pinstriping''') is the application of a very thin line of [[paint]] or other material called a pin stripe, and is generally used for decoration. Freehand pin stripers use a specialty brush known as a [[pinstriping brush]].
 Automotive, bike shops, and do-it-yourself car and motorcycle mechanics use paint pin striping to create their own custom look on the automotive bodies and parts.
 ==Motorcycles==
-Pin striping can commonly be seen exhibited on custom motorcycles, such as those built by [[Choppers Inc.]], [[Indian Larry]], and [[West Coast Choppers]]. The decorative use of pin striping on motorcycles as it is commonly seen today was pioneered by artists [[Kenny Howard|Kenny Howard, (aka Von Dutch)]] and [[Dean Jeffries]], [[Dennis "Gibb" Gibbish]], [[Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]]. These artists are considered pioneers of the [[Kustom Kulture]] lifestyle that spawned in the early 1950s, and are widely recognized as the "originators of modern pin striping."<ref name=StAntoine-MT>St. Antoine, Arthur. - [http://www.motortrend.com/classic/features/c12_0511_dean_jeffries_interview/index.html "Interview: Dean Jeffries, Hollywood legend"]. - ''[[Motor Trend|Motor Trend Magazine]]''</ref>
+Pin striping can commonly be seen exhibited on custom motorcycles, such as those built by [[Choppers Inc.]], [[Indian Larry]], and [[West Coast Choppers]]. The decorative use of pin striping on motorcycles as it is commonly seen today was pioneered by artists [[Kenny Howard|Kenny Howard (a.k.a. Von Dutch)]], [[Dean Jeffries]], [[Dennis "Gibb" Gibbish]], and [[Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]]. These artists are considered pioneers of the [[Kustom Kulture]] lifestyle that spawned in the early 1950s, and are widely recognized as the "originators of modern pin striping".<ref name=StAntoine-MT>St. Antoine, Arthur. - [http://www.motortrend.com/classic/features/c12_0511_dean_jeffries_interview/index.html "Interview: Dean Jeffries, Hollywood legend"]. - ''[[Motor Trend|Motor Trend Magazine]]''</ref>
 ==Automobiles==
+[[File:صورة مقربة لشاحنة برازيلية تظهر تفاصيلها.jpg|thumb|Pin striping on a truck in [[Minas Gerais]], Brazil.]]
-In automotive [[car tuning|body work]], pin stripes are a thin [[vinyl]] tape or paint. The tape versions are adhered directly to the painted surface in the pattern desired, whilst painted ones are done by skilled artists with 'sword' shaped brushes.  The paint used by the vast majority of stripers is a lettering enamel made by [[1 Shot]] although  companies such as [[House of Kolor]] and lately [[Kustom Shop]] also make striping urethane.
+In automotive [[Car tuning|body work]], pin stripes are a thin [[Polyvinyl chloride|vinyl]] tape or paint. The tape versions are adhered directly to the painted surface in the pattern desired, whilst painted ones are done by skilled artists with 'sword' shaped brushes.
-The goal of pin striping is to enhance the curves of the surface, and the lines are generally of a [[complementary color]].  In any other form of decorative pin stripes, the goal is the same.
+The goal of pin striping is to enhance the curves of the surface, and the lines are generally of a [[complementary color]].  In any other form of decorative pin stripes, the goal is the same. In addition and coincidentally, it can help to hide flaws in the surface such as a scratch or blemish.
-Pin stripe décor is also applied to motorcycles, trucks, boats, and surfboards.
+Pin stripe décor is also applied to motorcycles, bicycles, semi trucks, boats, and surfboards. It is traditionally combined with freehand lettering and, to a lesser degree, sign making. The age of computers and vinyl decals helped undercut the base of traditional sign making and with it the traditional pin striper.
-Whilst stripers such as [[Lyle Fisk]], [[Von Dutch]] (Kenny Howard) and [[Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]] are possibly the best known early practitioners of 'modern' pin striping, many of the early stripers cite Tommy "The Greek" Hrones and [[Dean Jeffries]] as their major influences.
+While stripers such as [[Von Dutch]] (Kenny Howard) and [[Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]] are possibly the best known early practitioners of 'modern' pin striping, many of the early stripers cite Tommy "The Greek" Hrones and [[Dean Jeffries]] as their major influences.
+Pin striping is still practiced at shops around the world, and [[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars]] still pin stripes the "coachline" of that company's cars by hand.<ref>[http://www.drivingthenation.com/?p=1413 The Hands of Goodwood: The pin-stripe, or coachline, painted on a Rolls-Royce]</ref>
-There are countless brush artists who carry on the tradition, not only in the US but across the globe — The Doc in Compton, Preacher (Peter McDermott) in San Antonio Texas, Steve Kafka in Arizona, Alton Gillespie in Fort Worth, Texas, Victor in Nebraska,Alan Johnson Blairstown, New Jersey, Cliff Anderson Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gator in Tennessee, One Arm Bandit in New England, Anthony White in Florida, SCORCH Pinstriping(Daniel Lee) in Bakersfield California (Kustom Drink Paint), Don Q Studios in Orange County California, MWM from Hot Rod Surf in San Diego, Brando in Chicago, Tommy "Itchy" Otis in Los Angeles,  California, Don "Spiderman" Fite of Portland, Oregon and Herb Martinez to name a few of the US stripers. Tramp Warner in Canada...Nefarious, Neil Melliard and Tootall Paul in the UK, Tom Plate in Germany, Simon Watts from Australia, Makoto in Japan and  Eduardo Bignami in Brazil show that pin striping has become a worldwide art form.  In addition to that, Mark Court of [[Rolls-Royce Motor Cars]] still pinstripes the "coachline" of that company's cars by hand.<ref>[http://www.drivingthenation.com/?p=1413 The Hands of Goodwood: The pin-stripe, or coachline, painted on a Rolls-Royce]</ref>
+==References==
-The technology used by contemporary stripers has changed little since the '50s. Mack still makes brushes the same way they did when Andrew Mack started the company, although their product line includes more than just swords. Stripers such as Steve Kafka and Mr J have designed brushes suited to their striping styles; the Kafka brushes make the swirls and complicated designs, which make up Kafka's signature style, much easier to do, and Mr J's Xcaliber brushes have shorter hairs than the traditional Mack, making them more suited to beginners.
+{{reflist}}
-==Recommended reading==
+==Further reading==
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 * Fraser, Craig. ''Pinstriping Masters Techniques, Tricks, and Special F/X for Laying Down the Line''
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 * Martinez, Herb. ''Pinstripe Planet: Fine Lines from the World's Best'' (Korero)
 * Martinez, Herb. ''Herb Martinez's Guide to Pinstriping''
-* Nash, The. ''Pinstripe Planet III (Korero)
+* Nash, The. ''Pinstripe Planet III'' (Korero)
 * Mehran, Mark W. ''Basic Hot Rod Pinstriping Techniques With Hot Rod Surf''
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
+{{Commons category}}
-*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ruf4QQuBEmM&NR=1 Video of Ed Roth interviewing Von Dutch]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ruf4QQuBEmM Video of Ed Roth interviewing Von Dutch]
-*[http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/0909sr_the_art_of_pinstriping/index.html Art of Pinstriping]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100117114615/http://www.streetrodderweb.com/tech/0909sr_the_art_of_pinstriping/index.html Art of Pinstriping]
-*[http://www.youtube.com/user/JustGetTheBrush Interview with Alan Johnson]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/user/JustGetTheBrush Interview with Alan Johnson]
 [[Category:Painting techniques]]
 [[Category:Visual motifs]]
-[[Category:Vehicle modification]]
+[[Category:Vehicle modifications]]