striping a clearance bar?

[MikePro]

I'm tasked to stripe/graphic a 6" aluminum tube and I'm stumped as to "how people stripe clearance-bars".
guess I've never noticed before, and this would be my first attempt.

Leaning toward the first option of the attached photo, simply mirroring the stripe and wrapping V's from bottom & up the sides, but if I were to/should do the latter by wrapping perfectly spaced & continuous strips around the tube... how/where would I stop the stripe at the center?

 

[Gino]

I can't see the picture.

 

[visual800]

hope you aint doing that while its hanging. you dont wrap a bar you put cut vinyl on it

 

[MikePro]

invalid image? never seen that one before
re-uploaded and nope, doing this on the ground/suspended with zip-ties between a pair of horses. piece-of-cake, but just seeing what others' thoughts-were.

 

[SightLine]

There was a thread just recently on doing a barber pole which would be a similar challenge.

http://www.signs101.com/forums/showthread.php?124023

 

[Billct2]

I would get some painters tape the width of the space and get the first stripe on then work my way across using the painters tape to get the space perfect

 

[MikePro]

went with the first option, with the "V"-shaped stripes.
I figured it easier than trying to twirl the striping around the pole and potentially getting some wavvvy-ness in the middle of my rushjob.

easy as:
1)snapped line to mark my true-square bottom (mounting holes already drilled for top, so had easy reference points)
2)aligned V's to line, wrapped around to top where I hinged & applied around the circumference
3)shook all the shop-floor dust off my back, after a nice hour-long install while lying-down

i think it looks great and thanks for the suggestions to help ease my helplessness

 

[visual800]

they look great

 

[letterman7]

Cool - nice job. I don't think you needed to go all the way around, though... once you're through, the exit is another way out. Usually...

 

[Gino]

Looks great. Sometimes, it's those easy ones that send ya for a loop.