Patina Appreciation: Show Us Your Rusty Land Cruiser! (8 Viewers)

[reddog90]

When I put the Warthog together with the donor hood I simply wiped some boiled linseed oil on the exposed rust and rolled out.

I’ve got some downtime doing suspension work so I decided to do the full CLR/BLO treatment on the hood today.

I rattlecaned the fenders so I needed to put a little shine on the hood to match

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You can see what before looks like above

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Turned out great.

@wngrog I commented on your IG post about this. Do you apply the CLR scrub and BLO to only the areas of surface rust? In other words, did you CLR scrub and BLO the entire hood or just the large surface rust areas and small chips? I'm looking at a vehicle with surface rust in some areas, especially the hood, but ok original paint in other areas. Would you CLR scrub and BLO ONLY the surface rust areas, and then compound, polish, and wax the areas of original paint? I would be hesitant to scrub decent paint with a scotchbrite... If you have a thread explaining this process in detail somewhere feel free to link it. I read about CLR & BLO on some hot rod forums and some people swore it was the worst thing you could do for a car, others loved it. Some of those cars had almost no original paint though.

 

[covesurfer]

Great thread, much appreciated info! Living on the gulf coast, it's a rust battle down here.

 

[FJ40newmechanic]

Mine when I bought it 15+ years ago. Been in garages ever since. Still looks the same.

 

[jgoptions]

Last summer I found a solid 1974 local and I built it up for a guy.

Solid Patina on this one.

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Build thread on this one

Mississippi Delta Beast - 1974 FJ-40 Rescue and Rehabilitation

Maybe a little too much patina. This thing hasn't moved since i first noticed it about 15 years ago.

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I have seen that in San francisco... Sad to see it like that.

 

[wngrog]

 

[wngrog]

@wngrog I commented on your IG post about this. Do you apply the CLR scrub and BLO to only the areas of surface rust? In other words, did you CLR scrub and BLO the entire hood or just the large surface rust areas and small chips? I'm looking at a vehicle with surface rust in some areas, especially the hood, but ok original paint in other areas. Would you CLR scrub and BLO ONLY the surface rust areas, and then compound, polish, and wax the areas of original paint? I would be hesitant to scrub decent paint with a scotchbrite... If you have a thread explaining this process in detail somewhere feel free to link it. I read about CLR & BLO on some hot rod forums and some people swore it was the worst thing you could do for a car, others loved it. Some of those cars had almost no original paint though.

On the Pig hood with lots of solid paint I had swirls where I scrubbed the buildup off but I was able to polish them out with my orbital.

If the truck has exposed rusted metal the BLO does great. Also on my 45 and 40 the paint is so rough it does great with BLO. “Soaks” it in.

I’d try your truck with a buffer and rubbing compound but keep the paste off the exposed rust. It’s hell to remove and it makes the exposed rust white

BLO on Good paint just becomes a sticky mess.

 

[dad4x4]

Awesome!! @wngrog

 

[PuKE]

Score!

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[n0rth]

A few from this evening after dinner.

 

[oregon fj]

Total patina removal.

Yes, I think you could call it that. Sorry, folks, I had to do it.

 

[wngrog]

Oink.

 

[n0rth]

 

[n0rth]

Patina interior

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[Ocho77]

This thread should never make it to page 10...

 

[daner]

Now & before pics, not the most hard-core patina out there, but good patina takes time

(I just noticed that two years have passed and am still missing the drivers door handle and interior mechanism. D’oh!)

 

[seth]

Now & before pics, not the most hard-core patina out there, but good patina takes time

(I just noticed that two years have passed and am still missing the drivers door handle and interior mechanism. D’oh!)


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That's looking great! What did you do with the California plates?

 

[PuKE]

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[PuKE]

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[cruiserboy14]

wow!!!!

 

[65swb45]

Now & before pics, not the most hard-core patina out there, but good patina takes time

(I just noticed that two years have passed and am still missing the drivers door handle and interior mechanism. D’oh!)


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I just got an outer door handle in a package deal you can have for free with a qualifying order.