Detroit Autorama 2016

Last minute free time, for some great cars and pinstriping!

I'll be heading to Detroit Autorama for Saturday only, too many responsibilities at home.

Pinstripers are auctioning there panels for charity www.leaderdog.org so done miss it!

There is also a good read, (well I'll read it later) but please have a look at Detroit News article on the show.

Be There or Be Square!

Pinstriping a Cadillac

Hand painted Pin Striping is a love and a challenge especially on 15 foot plus lines, I start off this job with no tape down the side of this red Cadillac and just could not keep a consistent distance from the body line. 

To fix my problem

I used some green 1/4" painters tape, the adhesive of this tape will not stay on the car after you remove the tape.

Placing the tape line 1/4" higher then were I wanted to stripe the Cadillac, on both sides of the car, note before adding this guide line I made a couple reference points on the front and rear quarter panels to keep both sides symmetrical.

Once the tape was down the hand painted Pinstriping began