
I am going to spray the front mirror assembly and post a photo and see what you guys think. It keeps the matte color even with a very heavy spray of matte clear coat. You wouldn’t paint over a 1970s Chrysler muscle car that still had panels sporting the original iconic, ‘go mango’ paint. I hit is with a grey 3m pad to matte out the color and it looks even better. Sprayed out nice and even no orange peel. Figured in for a penny of stripping paint in for a pound.Nice to know I can at least lay out nice spray paint. Looks like below. Its hot her and in a respirator it sucks.īefore I stripped it I had a bunch of rustolium paints around from other projects including the aluminum metallic they sell that I used once on a engine. I can block sand a hood and the small bits of black that are poking through everywhere else super easy. I will need to reprimer the hood and some other small areas I found today but not a big deal.
#Fake patina paint job car how to
Before we get technical and discuss how to maintain and stabilize a car’s patinaand yes, even how to fake itit’s time we stepped on a soapbox. But then I realized my eyes had been deceived, as the seller says it’s actually a custom paint job applied to create the look of a vintage finish. In fact, patina has gotten so mainstream that people have starting going to great lengths to fake it, giving rise to what many consider the faux pas of faux patina. not fake, I can rub the side of the car and show the dipshiats that make the 'faux finish' comments followed quickly with. So I stripped all the blue off I don't like the color and it looks odd on a 550. Patina is a well-used buzz word in the car hobby. Mike Stephens When I first glanced at this station wagon, my initial thought was what a cool aged finish was on it, as it usually takes years for the paint to develop a patina such as this. Fake Patina article in Street Rod Builder.

Still banging ideas around thanks for being a sounding board guys I do read everything even if I don't respond directly.
