Also called: Pinstriper, Kustom Painter, Custom Paint Artist
Hand-paints fine decorative lines, flames, and lettering on cars, motorcycles, helmets, and guitars.
A pinstriper loads a long, thin sable brush with enamel and pulls a perfectly smooth line down the side of a hot rod in one breath. Weekends are often spent at car shows painting designs on the spot for customers.
Approximate; mostly self-employed, charged per job; famous stripers command high prices.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Learned through practice, mentors, and car-culture workshops.
Ways in: Self-taught, Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Automotive Refinishing (trade school), Fine Arts.
Growing slowly. A small niche kept alive by car culture.
Low risk for 10 years. Freehand brushwork on curved metal, helmets and guitars is hard to automate, and handmade is the selling point.
Classes: Art and painting, Auto tech CTE, Woodshop.
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