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Did anybody ever pinstripe their toolbox?

Ralphy

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I picked up an older craftsman today and I want to try my hand at it. Just wondering if anyone's ever done it. Post ideas/pics if you got em!
 
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retrobuilder

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My drill press base cabinet has bright red color with 8 inch dual row Shelby like lemans stripes. Wall cabinets and work bench are grabber blue with 10 inch white Shelby like lemans stripes.
 

spotco2

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I love to watch someone freehand pin stripes.

I've always wanted to be able to do it but have failed miserably each time I've tried.

One of the best I ever saw did it with playing cards instead of brushes.
 

ConnerSmith

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Let me start by saying I don't have any pictures. My dad bought one of those pinstriping tools at a truck show. He pinstriped lines on each of the drawers. I bought some one shot paint an plan to do the same to my box. If I remember, I will post a few pictures. By the way, these boxes are roll carts that I am talking about.
 
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egnorant

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I need to get pictures! A friend of mine chanced onto an old press for some sort of canning process and started fixing it for his wife and got intrigued by the gold pinstripes.

He bought a few supplies and then found a nice kit at a swap meet.
He would practice on a lot of "his" stuff. He is now quite good and works as a painter at a local custom paint shop.
Toolbox, air compressor, fire extinguisher, file cabinets, toilet, trash cans, clocks, durn near everything is pinstriped or airbrushed.
He has a 7 foot swordfish on one wall that is an encyclopedia of painting techniques.

He tells tales of his wifes ire when he practiced his art on the toaster.

Bruce
 

dr_clyde

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Here's the front. Sorry about the two posts. My phone only let me upload one at a time for some reason.
 

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