{"id":5823,"date":"2009-10-23T22:24:50","date_gmt":"2009-10-24T05:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=5823"},"modified":"2009-11-08T16:01:18","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T23:01:18","slug":"5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Steps for painting Vintage Hot Rod Door Art by Andy&#8217;s Pinstriping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2F5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F10%2F1-300x225.jpg&amp;description=5+Steps+for+painting+Vintage+Hot+Rod+Door+Art+by+Andy%E2%80%99s+Pinstriping\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[5823]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"5 Steps for painting Vintage Hot Rod Door Art by Andy\u2019s Pinstriping\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=5 Steps for painting Vintage Hot Rod Door Art by Andy\u2019s Pinstriping&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\" data-text=\"5 Steps for painting Vintage Hot Rod Door Art by Andy\u2019s Pinstriping\" data-desc=\"Andy from Andy's Pinstriping gives us 5 Steps for painting Vintage Door Art on Shop Trucks 1. The first thing I like to do is use some wax and grease remover and clean the panel to be painted. This simple step is honestly one of the most critical and most often overlooked steps in any paint project.\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/1-300x225.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Andy from <a title=\"Andy's Pinstriping Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.andyspinstriping.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Andy&#8217;s Pinstriping<\/a> gives us 5 Steps for painting Vintage Door Art on Shop Trucks<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5823]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5828\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"The guinea pig, a very clean 1950s Ford F1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The guinea pig, a very clean 1950s Ford F1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. The first thing I like to do is use some wax and grease remover and clean the panel to be painted. This simple step is honestly one of the most critical and most often overlooked steps in any paint project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/31.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5823]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5834\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"The stencil is centered on the door and ready for paint\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/31-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The stencil is centered on the door and ready for paint\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/31-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/31-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/31-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/31.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. I like to make a stencil to help draw out the design. There are several methods I use to achieve the stenciled on pattern. One of the easiest ways is to use a pounce wheel &amp; chalk, but on this particular truck I had no colored chalk, and obviously white wouldn&#8217;t do, so I went old school on it and cut the pattern out of poster board with an exact-o knife&#8230;.five blades and several blisters later ta-da, a handmade stencil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5823]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5830\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Laying down paint and you can see the stabilo pencil marks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Laying down paint and you can see the stabilo pencil marks\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/4-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/4-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Finally to the fun part, let&#8217;s thrown on some paint! I start by tracing the pattern (after centering it on the door) with a stabilo pencil. After that it&#8217;s pretty self explanatory&#8230;just fill in the spaces with the one shot color of choice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/51.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5823]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5826 alignright\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Andy's Pinstriping does vintage door art on a 50's Ford F1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/51-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Andy's Pinstriping does vintage door art on a 50's Ford F1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/51-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/51-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/51-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/51.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. The almost finished product. When painting large areas its extremely critical to take your time! Make your brush strokes even (so the paint will flow out smooth) &amp; don&#8217;t get the paint too thick&#8230;it has a tendency to crinkle up when its too thick. Its better to put on two or three thin coats to achieve full coverage. If you notice in the pictures there is a color difference between the passenger and driver side. This is because the passenger side three coats of paint and the driver side only has one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/6.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5823]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5831\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Finished product looks great and period correct\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Finished product looks great and period correct\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/6-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/6-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/6.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Finish work often involves the tedious stuff to include; any cleanup work to make sure your lines are clean &amp; tight, outlining things or in the case of Ryan Hadden&#8217;s Truck &#8216;Plain Lorraine&#8217;, some pinstripe work on the hood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; font-size:1px\">.<\/p>\n<p>As for any tips I can think of that would help out, the first one would be to not soley rely on stencils. They are great to speed up the process but be sure to use plenty of freehand work as well. You want your art to look good and appeal to the eye. What you don&#8217;t want is to have it look so uniform that it looks like vinyl stickers. Hand painted is always worth more and in most cases is much more respected than cookie cutter stickers.That&#8217;s not to say that vinyl doesn&#8217;t have it&#8217;s place; it&#8217;s great for many things, but if you are trying to build a period correct hot rod, it has no place there.<\/p>\n<p>And last but not least&#8230;practice, practice, practice. It&#8217;s the only way to get better.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading this little tutorial &amp; if you have any questions don&#8217;t be afraid to ask.<\/p>\n<p>Andy<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Andy for providing this &#8220;how-to&#8221; article.\u00a0 To see more of Andy&#8217;s work, check out his blog <a title=\"Andy's Pinstriping Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.andyspinstriping.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Andy&#8217;s Pinstriping&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/7.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[5823]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5832\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Andy layed down some lines to give the Ford that finishing touch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/7-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"Andy layed down some lines to give the Ford that finishing touch\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/7-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/7-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/7.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"overflow: hidden; position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 1080px; width: 1px; height: 1px;\">.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2F5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=5+Steps+for+painting+Vintage+Hot+Rod+Door+Art+by+Andy%E2%80%99s+Pinstriping\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"5 Steps for painting Vintage Hot Rod Door Art by Andy\u2019s Pinstriping\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=5 Steps for painting Vintage Hot Rod Door Art by Andy\u2019s Pinstriping&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/5-steps-for-painting-vintage-hot-rod-door-art-by-andys-pinstriping\/\" data-text=\"5 Steps for painting Vintage Hot Rod Door Art by Andy\u2019s Pinstriping\" data-desc=\"Andy from Andy's Pinstriping gives us 5 Steps for painting Vintage Door Art on Shop Trucks 1. The first thing I like to do is use some wax and grease remover and clean the panel to be painted. This simple step is honestly one of the most critical and most often overlooked steps in any paint project.\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Andy from Andy&#8217;s Pinstriping gives us 5 Steps for painting Vintage Door Art on Shop Trucks 1. The first thing I like to do is use some wax and grease remover and clean the panel to be painted. This simple step is honestly one of the most critical and most often overlooked steps in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1815,1816],"tags":[689,217,2513,2512,2515,2541],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5823"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5840,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5823\/revisions\/5840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}