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Looks great, gota911. I thought about doing some wall striping as well, but thought it would be too hard to make the lines straight and crisp. How'd you do it?
Looks great, gota911. I thought about doing some wall striping as well, but thought it would be too hard to make the lines straight and crisp. How'd you do it?
Thanks for the compliment. I used a Black & Decker laser level (pictured below about $15.00) to "shoot" a level line across the wall. It has a retractable pin in the base to allow you to attach it to the wall.
I used painters tape to follow the laser line across the wall. Then I lowered the level to get the width of stripe I wanted and repeated the process. Do the same for the other walls. Run a flexible putty knife along the edge of the tape to make sure it is snug to the wall, so you don't get any "paint bleed."
I used a 6" paint roller to paint between the tape. It took longer to apply the tape than it took to apply two coats of paint.
I used painters tape to follow the laser line across the wall. Then I lowered the level to get the width of stripe I wanted and repeated the process. Do the same for the other walls. Run a flexible putty knife along the edge of the tape to make sure it is snug to the wall, so you don't get any "paint bleed."
This method of preventing paint bleed works pretty well on drywall as it is smooth and easily sealed. Another way, if you have a slightly irregular surface is to apply the tape, then in the area that you wish to stripe, paint the edges of the tape the same color as the wall. This seals the small gaps in the paint. Once dry apply the paint you want the stripe to be colored and you should have perfect lines with no traces of bleed.
My garage is still a work in progress, but I thought I'd share a few of the intermediate steps. I went looking for race-related and sponsor-related items from Porsche's racing history. I was able to find patches and mounted them in shadowbox displays. They are flanking some of the vintage racing posters I own. This was a DIY project, and I'm pleased with how they turned out.
...Makes me think I need to get some vintage auto parts to use as cabinet/door pulls in the adjoining tool room!
Hey, you could find some really cool stuff if you were to head North in mid-April. April 18th in Hershey PA is the 39th Annual Porsche "only" swap meet hosted by the PCA Central PA Region.
12-14-2014, 10:08 PM
