white lines for parking spaces

Tape is available at hobby stores that cater to model aircraft and at auto parts stores.  Or cut a slot in cardstock and use a stiff brush to dab paint to the surface.  John in Lansing, ILL

Graphic arts tape might work  (if that's what it's still called).  RICH

As said above, go to your local auto part store and look for auto striping tape....works great!

Check out the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) for the proper layout of the striping.

Agree with Arnold. They sell the pin striping in different diameters/colors but I believe the 1/8" is close to scale.

I bought the white color and used yellow marker if needed.

And if, like me, you don’t have a well stocked local auto parts store, you can get it from Amazon. I used Trimbrite-T1110-Pinstripe-Tape-White (1/8”).

Mask off the area with masking or painters tape, make the lines with white out.

 If you’re brave paint with a pinstripe brush.

How about a white marking pencil and a ruler.

Red lion station on eBay sells several road and parking line sets. They are just the lines not the black base.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HIGHW...6:g:9KEAAOSwnDBamhJC

  I use a white paint marker from Hobby Lobby. Easy to go around the curves .

I Agree with auto pinstripe ,great selection of color and width,very inexpensive.Pep Boys has a great selection.

Rich b

This is actually pretty easy... cut thin strips of white paper, glue them down.

Jan

Another vote for 1/8 " pin striping tape.  I have also used it as the mask, spray or paint the area flat white first, lay down the pin striping.    I sealed the white with flat clear coat so I wouldn't pull up the white....

Finish by painting the road/parking lot area gray, grimy black or aged concrete color, then lift the pin striping and the flat white stripes are "left",  no shine, plus you can lightly weather over the parking lot and the stripes so they aren't too perfect !!!

These roads were made with 1/8 inch tempered hard board, easy to scribe concrete expansion joints in. 

I like using stripping tape but in a slightly different way.  I lightly spray the parking / roadway area with a flat white.  I then put down my stripes.  I then overspray very lightly with flat clear to seal the edge of the tape.  Next comes the road color, again very lightly.  Last step peel up the tape.  If you do use the tape as is make sure its flat white tape, not gloss.

I personally like white lines put on with white artist (grease) pencil. I find the tape too "perfect" looking. For curves I use a compass (usually hand constructed) or mechanical drawing curves.

Not my original idea, but you can paint masking tape and cut it into strips.  I have not done so for road lines but have used it to demark parking space.

I've had rather good luck with toilet paper of all things.  I separate the TP down to a single ply, cut out strips, and then soak them in a 50/50 mix of white glue and water (drop of liquid dish detergent), and then apply them.  I too find the tape to be a little "too perfect" and found it difficult to get it to lay down over textured roads.  

Joe Hohmann posted:

I personally like white lines put on with white artist (grease) pencil. I find the tape too "perfect" looking. For curves I use a compass (usually hand constructed) or mechanical drawing curves.

I agree. The real lines are rarely perfect with crisp ends, and they don't stay bright for long after being put down. And the workers responsible for them certainly don't buy them anyplace. If there was ever an opportunity to be prototypical, this is it. 

I have used chart tape in the past with good results. You can get it at Staples, Amazon, Uline, etc.

https://mywhiteboards.com/vinylcharttape.html

it comes in various sizes and colors.

I do it in reverse. I spray or brush the white where the lines are going to go, then apply thin Tamiya Masking tape to shape the lines, and then paint the black/gray. Remove the mask and voila, white lines.

bfishma1 posted:

I've had rather good luck with toilet paper of all things.  I separate the TP down to a single ply, cut out strips, and then soak them in a 50/50 mix of white glue and water (drop of liquid dish detergent), and then apply them.  I too find the tape to be a little "too perfect" and found it difficult to get it to lay down over textured roads.  

Brilliant! My wife buys yellow TP. So, with the white and yellow, I will have me a road!

"Brilliant! My wife buys yellow TP. So, with the white and yellow, I will have me a road!"

Sounds great Doc!  Just stay away from the brown TP.  Man does that stuff stink 

"I do it in reverse. I spray or brush the white where the lines are going to go, then apply thin Tamiya Masking tape to shape the lines, and then paint the black/gray. Remove the mask and voila, white lines."

Great idea and approach Trainman.  Makes perfect sense and allows you to apply washes to both the road and lines thus making an easier go at it and a more prototypical look.  Thanks for this cheat.

bfishma1 posted:

"Brilliant! My wife buys yellow TP. So, with the white and yellow, I will have me a road!"

Sounds great Doc!  Just stay away from the brown TP.  Man does that stuff stink 

"I do it in reverse. I spray or brush the white where the lines are going to go, then apply thin Tamiya Masking tape to shape the lines, and then paint the black/gray. Remove the mask and voila, white lines."

Great idea and approach Trainman.  Makes perfect sense and allows you to apply washes to both the road and lines thus making an easier go at it and a more prototypical look.  Thanks for this cheat.

Reminds me of the UPS logo: What can Brown Do for You?

"Reminds me of the UPS logo: What can Brown Do for You?"

Doc: You missed a "Do" 

I use vynle cut on a vynle cutter.

auto parts store, white pin stripping tape.

I have used white Sharpie pens and ruler. Easy, quick and cheap. Don