Preserving Patina - How To Tips and Tricks

[Tennessee80]

I may end up with some bare metal in the tub, but the dash and floor area there is small bits of dune beige peeking out. Exciting to see if I can do it...

I'm thinking I may not be able to really get going on it until the cold weather comes, in which case I will pull Tina in the garage and do it there.

That's where the real brain cell loss happens, @dogfishlake , LOL

 

[Tennessee80]

I had a good afternoon working on Tina today, and I am very excited to start getting down to the dune beige. I am also collecting some free parts locally, including a local Cruiser guy that gave me a free weber carb, I picked up a valve cover gasket, some free wheels off of Facebook, just to get her rolling.

But I took some CitriStrip That I had sitting in the garage, along with some very mild abrasive scrubbing pads and some towels and was amazed at how quickly some of this paint is coming off!

I have some photos attached of the interior blue being removed and a little bit of the rear quarter panel,

It is very therapeutic to say the least!

 

[Tennessee80]

2 more, it’s quitting time!

 

[shellb]

That’s looking perfect!

 

[Tennessee80]

More work today on Tina. The character on this rig is classic!

 

[Tennessee80]

Driver’s side and back progress this weekend. Passenger side still not touched. Some PO back in the day had begun sanding parts down to bare metal, which is a shame….

Anyway, pressing on!

 

[shellb]

You’re making killer progress!

 

[Tennessee80]

thanks! Now I need to find some early dune beige doors... Or just do paint removal on these and see what is under there. I don't think they are original to the truck...

 

[wngrog]

Man. This is awesome

 

[Tennessee80]

Man. This is awesome

That means a lot, coming from you man! You are the king of patina preservation on these trucks!

I do need some tips on now preserving this patina, once I get down to the original paint

I have messed with inside the truck a bit, at and least the rear tub, from what I can tell has been already stripped and no longer has the beige color. I may end up needing to paint it beige, or a bedliner possibly…

 

[wngrog]

No external bed liner. That’s verboten

inside we can talk it out…..

 

[Tennessee80]

I don’t like bed liner in general, and since I’m going for the old school look, I don’t really want to paint the interior. If I can’t get the beige to come out in the back of the tub, I could either leave it exposed, or treat it like @Snowbound did his tray.? There is beige in the front of the interior like dash, tranny hump, and possibly the firewall

 

[wngrog]

Interior is fine. Just no exterior. You will be asked to leave the club

 

[Tennessee80]

Interior is fine. Just no exterior. You will be asked to leave the club

Don’t worry, I would excuse myself from the club before I was asked to leave,

LOL

 

[Snowbound]

Just a quick update on the benefit of treating with Penetrol. I think it is pretty clear from this photo which side got the oil

 

[peesalot]

Thats a great demonstration photo. The citristrip is working great, clear coat when done. Looks ggod.

 

[Tennessee80]

Thats a great demonstration photo. The citristrip is working great, clear coat when done. Looks ggod.

Thanks, what clear coat would be recommended? I don't want to clear coat paint/spray but I don't know what to use...

 

[peesalot]

I would ask the Rock Midget ( wngrog )

 

[wngrog]

I’m not a fan of clear coating over rust. It’s just like painting over rust in my mind.

Penetrol will do the job

 

[Tennessee80]

It rained all weekend in Nashville, but I got out and had enough time to start working on the front bib area and the hood. There are a couple of spots of Bondo on the hood where there had been dents and some owner had tried to fill it in, so I will likely just leave that?

Also, someone had started doing some paint removal, and the drivers side front bib area is bare metal.