Preserving Patina - How To Tips and Tricks (11 Viewers)
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Love it.
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Just looks like standard rusted metal. Run it as is or of you want to protect it oil it
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Yup, standard rusty sheet metal. I'll maybe give it an oil, as it's not very thick. Rest of the body starting to shine now
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Labor of love
Of course we care....
Here's my tray efforts..
Gave the rust a scuff with a disc and a sander. Coated it in acid, then oiled up the other metal work. (This is the nearest to Penetrol that we can get). Wasn't sure what to do with the acid once it had reacted and gone sticky, so I coated one side with the oil and left the other side. Supposed to be rain coming and I am away the next 2 days so we'll see what happens. The tray has timber lining on the sides, so gave that a coat of oil too for luck
toyotaboy92
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I feel your pain, but well worth it on that rig. I was using my finger nail and a razorblades to take off my thin green to get to the stock blue. I cheated along the way but it all blends.
Abolutely!
Just keep in mind that if all else fails you would have to paint it anyway, lol.
It probably will look worse before it gets better because the red will smear coming off but I think you can get some good result there. Some things to try are Goof Off, pure carnuba wax, lacquer thinner, bumper stripper aerosol (for erethane bumpers NOT aircraft stripper), and enamel reducer.
Go mild to wild on those in a small spot to see what works best. My favorite is lacquer thinner but it is kinda harsh.
That original paint is so hard and dry it can take a lot before coming off and the red should be long gone before that.
Good luck!
Thanks for the encouragement, dude! My first mission is to get the rig running and driving, which is hopefully in the next month...
Then, I can start messing with the patina. Some bone head PO back in the day sprayed a horrific blue color over the dune beige on the interior, which is likely where I will start, but does anyone have any suggestions on the interior vs. exterior? There are more angles and corners in there it seems... I can see dune beige coming out from under the red nicely on the exterior, but the dang blue is stuck on in the interior pretty heavily. I hope it comes off easily!!!
Before, during, and after
It will depend on the quality of the respray. Usually it is low quality and comes off easy. Try the Goof Off first, then jump to the thinner. Watch the fumes though in the truck. You'll get higher than a kite and just as sick too. I had that hard lesson painting my old 65' mustang with lacquer paint in a closed garage when I was 15 years old lol.
I’m going to echo this advice as it’s what I’m doing now and seems to be working!
I spray on Goof Off, scrub with a scotch brite green pad (they get gummed up quick with as much spray paint as I have), respray Goof Off and wipe clean with micro fiber cloth (this helps to clean off the smeared paint) and then spray/clean with simple green.
I’ve been doing section at a time and really paying attention to the factory paint so I can adjust pressure.
Tedious, but fun to see what’s under that crap paint, and like you said can’t get any worse!
I spray on Goof Off, scrub with a scotch brite green pad (they get gummed up quick with as much spray paint as I have), respray Goof Off and wipe clean with micro fiber cloth (this helps to clean off the smeared paint) and then spray/clean with simple green.
I’ve been doing section at a time and really paying attention to the factory paint so I can adjust pressure.
Tedious, but fun to see what’s under that crap paint, and like you said can’t get any worse!
