White hem lines on hats

[carlos marighela]

“Yep. Side of the brush. That’s the technique I use too.”

Woohoo! I’ve being doing it right all these years and never knew. Richard’s endorsement has made my day.

[6milPhil]

I used to use the edge of the brush too which worked really well. I recently tried using a white gel pen (Uniball Signo about £2.50 from ebay) and I have not looked back, much easier.

Aye my first effort below.

I thought it was perhaps somewhat OTT, but might be worth considering. Another thought has since occurred to me, but at least until such time as I have personal experience to go by, I'll keep it to myself.

Sure but I'd like to make it quicker after all.

Got the paint pen and charged at a black hat with it...

I  took two coats...


and is a bit cocked, purely me and a first approach, ikely to get tidier with practice.


but then tidied up by blacking in as RobH suggested and I'm happy with it...

[Rogerc]

Wont get much better than that. Looks ace.

[Captain Blood]

Works a treat Phil 

[OSHIROmodels]

Very smooth mate 

[Rogerc]

Gel pens are useful for hat tape (white, yellow, silver and gold) but also to highlight metalics, I use silver to put an edge onto swords for instance. I havent used them for anything else yet.

[Orctrader]

Yep.  Looks very tidy Phil.