pin striping

[mmiklosz]

I have an '86 V20. Some of the pin stiping near the water line is showing a lot of wear. There is both a light blue stripe and dark blue strip. I would like to replace them with the same colors. I checked WEST Marine and Overtons without luck.

Any idea where I can find replacement pin striping?

[chumbucket]

It's called a boot stripe. ;) ;D
Most of the boating outlets will carry a generic three toned blue stripe tape. Most that I've seen, you can peel away one of the shades that you don't want. Some Easy Off Oven cleaner works well to remove the old boot stripe. Goo Gone also works well.

[tsubaki]

Auto parts store?

[msbhammer]

West Marine should carry it. I seen it there before. Just be careful using easy off, it takes off bottom paint.

[macojoe]

Tape it and paint it, thats what I did ;D

[tsubaki]

That's the easiest solution. :)

[msbhammer]

So whats the best way to install new pin striping ? thnking about replacing that thin little blue line that goes along the top, but I know I cant paint a straight line, let alone try and run a pin striping straight. ???

[macojoe]

Run tape top of linr then run tapr below the line, paint in between peel tape off, stright line you done ::)

[Stillrunning]

I'd stick with tape as you can remove if you ever need to. Call your local sign shop or look to see if there is a shop that stripes cars. Both of them should have what your looking for without the marine mark up. Laying a stripe should be done in long sections at a time and just find a line on the boat and follow it as you lay the stripe. Most people try laying the line a foot or so at a time and this tends to give you an crooked line. I striped cars for years in my younger days and would be more than happy to help you. I live in the Va beach area and not sure where you live. If you do the job yourself make sure that the stripe does not have a protective film which does have to be removed. Some tapes have them and some don't.