Originally Posted by
dbakl
I think its called a FlowPen, made by Pasche, the airbrush people (I have one here somewhere). I've used a ruling pen before with model paints, and the gold paint pens.
Here's my Legnano. The gold was a paint pen and the red a ruling pen.
Thanks for sharing those images, that is some impressive DIY. Mine will not be multi-colour, but there will be lots and lots of lugwork and little cut-outs, which I will paint the same colour as the pinstriping.
I looked at the FlowPen seems to come in very wide widths, but maybe I need to keep looking and they also make extra-fine.
Originally Posted by
sciencemonster
I used a Testors pen. Easy as pie, but it wears off fast. I'd rather not do it permanent, so I don't mind that so much. It's a relaxing thing to do on a rainy night.
Looking at the pinstriping on my old Raleighs, the barrier to entry is pretty darn low. Some of them are awful sloppy.
Putting the frame in a bike stand, where you can rotate it all around and lean on it while you do it makes it way easier. First time I did it while the bike was just sitting there - it was kinda comical.
Sorry, I only have crappy pics:
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Not crappy at all; I can see the beautiful seat cluster just fine. That looks
very nice. I will be doing the same gold outlines, only on a gray-green "randonneur"-style frame. I definitely want it to be permanent though, so I think the Testor's is out. I will do it to the frame right after it's powder-coated, before it's build up with any components.
I agree with you about vintage bikes having sloppy pinstriping, at least the standard production ones. On my Motobecane Mirage, it looks like they were done by a drunk kindergartner. Hopefully I can do at least a bit better!