Layout/taping question

[97Silverado]

This may sound like a stupid question but do you guys use anything on your fingers to help slide along the tape when you are laying out? I was running some 1/8" today and my finger kept catching on the tape. Thanks.

Donnie

 

[hoss]

before i got use to the pressure on the tape w/ my fingers, i would use those brown work gloves over my finger tips. I would cut off the finger tips and put it on my index finger. i still use it when i'm using pinstriping tape so that my finger oils don't get under the tape.

here is a pic of just using pinstriping tape for a graphic.

http://images.mysticcolorlab.com/3463379...3A938<nu0mrj

http://images.mysticcolorlab.com/346337%...;3%3B3523nu0mrj

http://images.mysticcolorlab.com/346337%...%3B28%3B9nu0mrj

http://images.mysticcolorlab.com/346337%...;3%3B3524nu0mrj

 

[AirArt]

Nice work Hoss. Now, what do you do after you have the tape down? Are you using it as a guide for striping or are you airbrushing those areas? Also, how do you get both sides of the tailgate symmetrical?
Nice work.
Phil

 

[hoss]

there are some people that don't want it to be perminent(like paint) so i just use 3m pinstriping tape. just like those examples. i just leave it like that.

as for symetry, i do one thing at a time. i'll make a line, and go to a stopping point, and do the same thing on the other side. I don't do one whole side, and then do the other side. i do it step by step. (SEE ATTATCHMENT)

 

[hoss]

i have to use a glove b/c i don't want any of my oils from my hand to get under the tape.