my favorite brush

During my pin striping experiences i have been trying many different kind of brushes just to see the different kinds and if some are better than others for my stile. Like many people i started out with a mack brush and it has been and still is a very nice trusty brush. I later tried out a Kafka scroll brush and i have to say i wasn't very impressed with i couldn't for the life of me get it to leave a nice sharp tip. So after much frustration i went to the Syracuse nationals car show and they had some really nice deals. The brushes that i ended up with are the kustom shop size 0 and 00. These are easily my favorite brushes so far they are soft and turn corners very well. With minimum trimming i was striping everything i could get my hands on. Don't get me wrong the macks are great proven brushes used by many so aether way you will have a great brush.

The worst part of custom painting

I have currently received a helmet that one of my friends wants me to airbrush. The main idea of the helmet is going to be red bull which is cool because i haven't had the chance to do one yet. The worst part about painting is the masking off part and the fact that it is a helmet is even worse because it is round. In case you don't know flat things don't go around round things smoothly. It would be like putting a peace of paper around a basket ball without any bends in it. So I'm thinking that i will try a product called liquid mask that is a product that you spread on with a brush and when it drys all you have to do is cut out tour design. It works much like Elmer's glue it goes on white and drys clear. I will try this product and then do a review obout if it is good or not.

how i got started

I am a student in high school that is interested in almost any kind of art. I come from a family of many generations of body men. my grandpa is one of the greatest body men and old school custom painter around. And my dad also manages a body shop so I guess you could say its in my blood. I am currently in a auto body class at my local bosses so I can learn the new ways of the trade. I have Ben custom painting for a little over a year now and am learning new things every day. The first month after I got my airbrush I was already being asked to paint different things for people. I later found that if your airbrushing and pin striping that you can charge way more for any job. So i went to my grandpa and got right in to pin striping. Pin striping is one of my favorite art forms that requires allot of skill like a steady hand, a good eye, and time. The biggest down fall of this art is that people pick up a brush and try to be in business and that is almost imposable. So people end up getting mad at it and soon just quit. i have been doing it for six months and am just at the pint where I can start charging for my service. Any custom painting is hard and takes allot of time to perfect so take your time and have fun with it.