I am installing a small parking lot for about 10 cars. It is black in color and I am trying to figure out the best way to add the parking space stripes. Also has anyone added yellow curbing for no parking areas? If so how did you do it and what materials did you use?
I used thin styrene strips.
This may be of no help, but this is the way I do my paved roads and parking areas.
I make all of my roads by spray painting the white side of the 1/16" thick plastic signs with the black color I use for my paved areas. Then all I have to do is remove the paint where a stripe will go. I use a flat edge and a small jewelers flat sided screw driver to do this. Then I use a sharpie of the correct color to paint the line.
This method is shown on my Photo Bucket pages.
Lance Mindheim has some in-progress photos of streets and parking lots on his site: http://www.lancemindheim.com/progress_photos.htm
Half the parking lots around here don’'t have stripes, and the other half are so faded and have been re-done so many times what ever you do will be prototypical. About the only thing that wouldn’t be is a fresh black asphalt surface with rows of perfect little white lines.
I use automotive pin striping tape. You can get it in yellow or white, or other colors if you like.
Recently, I was in a hobby shop that also had rolls of thin pin striping tape, but I didn’t catch the brand name.
Rich
Thanks Rob. Another option is to use a white pencil. The only tip with the pencil is to make sure the underlying gray or black paint you used for the lot has cured to a fully hard state. Even when spray paint is dry to the touch the paint will be a little soft for a day or so and the pencil will dig in unless the paint is cured.
Lance
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I agree,Artist colored pencils are great for this application. Prisma color pencils work best. use Yellow and White pencils to draw lines on paved roads and lots,you can also use Blue colors for Handicapable spots as well. Dave
I did these with a white gel pen from a craft store:
Another option is to paint the parking lot white, use thin strips of blue painters’ tape to mark the lines, and then paint it over in black. When you remove the tape, the white lines will be there.
Go to summit custom cuts website. He has a great tutorial on how to build a CVS that shows how he does a parking lot. Very good and very realistic.
I use POSTER PAINT MARKERS from Sharpie. They are the best thing i have found not only for the road marking but alos fo the parking area and curbs. I use the Yellow , white and red ones
I use Sharpie paint markers, too.
Sharpie markers and a stencil or masking tape to control where it goes (my hand isn’t that steady).
May I suggest the use of a blue-bulb earwax flusher with a fine spigot. I use acrylic yellow and white paint. and hold the spigot against a straight edge for straight lines.For curves, I place the end of the spigot in a strip of needle point plastic from Michael’s craft store, or JoAnn Fabrics. The pivot is a push-pin in the strip. Capillary action draws the paint from the spigot, without squeezing the bulb. This eliminates the tedious job of taping. Bob Hahn (Sorry – no photos)
I use a straight edge. You just have to remember to wipe it after each pass.
Wow, that’s very nice work. What did you use for making the road itself?
-Eds
You can buy spools of very thin pressure sensitive tape in various colors at graphic arts supply stores. Excellent for freshly painted parking spaces. Not good for curves or dashed lines.
I use black foam board on my layout for most and white for under structures.
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Sharpie markers and a stencil or masking tape to control where it goes (my hand isn’t that steady).
I use a straight edge. You just have to remember to wipe it after each pass.
If you apply a layer or two of masking tape to the underside of your straight edge set back about a 1/8" from the working edge, the paint markers won’t bleed under the straight edge and you won’t have to keep wiping the straight edge.
I use yellow or white paint pens from Hobby Lobby…and a ruler/straight edge of course!