Thread: "Patina Paint job" ideas???

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After 40+ years of custom painting, I'm getting ready to start my first "patina" job. :-)~

This will be a moderately deteriorated scheme, with some rust... but no mismatched panels or major body damage. It will simply look like a street rod that got normal use and constant sun damage for about 50 years. LOL!

I have put together a file of pictures from the net of new paint and actual surviving "artifacts". This has helped me to plan my approach.

I have a plan, but would appreciate the thoughts and techniques that have been used by others who may have done this style before.

Thanks guys!

I too would like to try my hand on a patina paint job. I have a Model A that should be fairly easy laying down the base coats being there were only a few colors available on the A's. Im trying to think of what color top coat I want? I saw a patina job a while back that was done to perfection. The owner said it looked good but what put it over the top was some airbrush work that he did. He used an off white and thinly painted some vertical lines at the ends of the drip rails and below a few bolts and rivet heads. Really made a big difference. I think rubbing through the top coats in the areas that would be normally be aged by the sun, and properly locating and rubbing ware marks would be a necessity without going over board. Seems to me that would be the key and the trick to a good looking job.

Im anxious to see what you come up with! What make and year is your ride?

The PowerBlock show Trucks did one start to finish a while back, on a Chevy 5 window pickup. They used black, terra cotta red, and then green as I recall. Not sure any of it was sprayed, but not sure on that. Don't know if you can find the episode series or not, at this point in time, but it was an easy method they went through.

Thanks. I also don't want to go too far. I have examples of what some painters have done... and instead of being a "very interesting" look, I think they took it to the level of a "disgusting" look. If it looks like you need to make sure your Tetanus shot is up to date. I want people to think this truck is an untouched relic that has sat in the sun for 50 years!

The project is a chopped '40 Ford pickup. It will have some other surprises too!

Originally Posted by rspears

The PowerBlock show Trucks did one start to finish a while back, on a Chevy 5 window pickup. They used black, terra cotta red, and then green as I recall. Not sure any of it was sprayed, but not sure on that. Don't know if you can find the episode series or not, at this point in time, but it was an easy method they went through.

Thanks. I'll research it, and maybe get an idea or two. :-)

I also recall an article in one of the monthlies where a guy made a fiberglass coupe look like a rusty, patina'd survivor, complete with rust stains and small rust holes. I'll see if I can find it later.