pinstriping

pinstriping

The application of very thin lines of paint used primarily to customize the decoration of motorcycles and automobiles. He's one of the biggest artists in the hot rod pinstriping scene in America. I was nearly 50 when I realized that I wanted to pursue pinstriping as a full-time career.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • pinstriper
  • striper
  • paint out
  • paint over
  • paint in
  • paint on
  • pimpmobile
  • paint onto
  • paint (something) onto (something)
  • 3-on-the-tree
References in periodicals archive
The engine--with a 3 3/4-by-5-inch bore and stroke--is reminiscent of a sleepy, lucid dreamtime theme, with silver pinstriping and stars.
Coloring outside the lines: Oregon engine collector paints over conventional wisdom