11/15/2023 0 Comments Patina color on car![]() Using some wax will also slow down the rust but retain the shiny metal look. It's just a matter of regularly polishing the metal to prevent it from rusting. I've done it on my own classic cars that had thin paint. Here's the deal, if you want to maintain the ORIGINAL PATINA then you can rub that rust off and make the metal shiny and the paint pretty and then by regular polishing and waxing you can keep the paint looking great and the metal looking shiny. The foam and the compound will gently abrade off the rust. I'd also consider buffing the rusted areas by machine, like by using a foam cutting pad with a compound. Put most of your focus on the rusty portions as you don't want to rub and rub and rub on the painted areas needlessly as the paint will restore faster than the rusted metal will clean up. Mikes comments: “I went ahead and used the #7 liberally with a terrycloth wash cloth and a lot of elbow grease and let the oils in the #7 lubricate the rubbing process and let the nap of the terrycloth be my abrasive and with enough rubbing you can remove the rust and make the steel that is now exposed with no paint SHINY and restore the color to what's left of the paint.It will look good and it will look modern. I have been looking into doing a two stage 2k paint job in the Porsche. Want is the proper was to paint a car that is going to get raced and more importantly need repairs in the future. Also what wax is recommended to use in this type of application? I’m thinking the rusted areas would be tough to wax and not leave a residue of some sortĪnother mention of buffing/polishing the rust spots: Plus I have been mucking about with the paint on the 550 build.How and with what would you buff the steel sections?.Would you compound and polish with a machine or by hand?.Mike mentions his process taken before on these paint types has been : “When I've buffed rigs like this out I compound them and polish and wax the good paint and then buff the steel sections enough to make them shiny and then keep on buffing it once in a while and waxing it to prevent rust.”.This is the only thread on the forum that addresses my question with a similar situation.Would buff/polishing by hand be safest method? Or could I use the DA carefully with this method?.Since the completed car would be red oxide in color. Once dried and without re-sanding the panel, Schmidt mixed the final topcoat. Again – the paint on this mustang was pretty consistent all over with no large rust areas Original patina makes a statement all on its own.All the products used on this car would be would I would use on the truck if going this route.But this paint is uniform and without rust in areas, so I know it would work on the painted parts but not sure effects on the rust and primer areas.Great breakdown on precleaning the paint.I’ll link each thread and my thoughts as well: Now to do that I have been doing my research but honestly just collecting more and more data without a plan of implementation for my scenario So, if you like the old-school look with some modern conveniences and performance, this Chevrolet should stir up interest at your local car shows.As Mike states - I want to take what paint I have left to the Max : We’re told that the car is ready to go and can be driven anywhere. The more you look around, the more upgrades you’ll notice. What the 210 didn’t have new was the vintage air conditioning that’s present now to help the car’s occupants cruise in comfort. There is no radio in the dashboard, suggesting this was a rather bare-bones car when new. The interior has also been redone, including the carpeting and headliner. 'I am so tired of patina.' 'Its gotta be close to dying.' 'Were gonna see nicely painted cars any day now. We assume the two-tone paint on this car is the original color combination, but the Chevy spent more than 30 hours in the body shop/paint tent to redo the finish so that it looks as though it sat out in the desert until it burned. A Chevy 283 sits under the hood now, modified for a triple-carburetor set-up, and paired with an automatic transmission, which we’re betting is more recent than the 2-speed Powerglide offered in 1955. ![]() The 265 V8 was new that year, but this car didn’t get one. The Chevy is available here on eBay where bidders have raised the ante to $25,477 without triggering the reserve.īesides being a 210 (the seller never specifies which model this car is), the VIN tells us it left the factory with an inline-6 engine which would have had a displacement of 235 cubic inches. ![]() Located in Edinburg, Texas, it’s a turn-key automobile that wears a custom paint job with a built-in patina and an upgraded drivetrain. This 1955 edition is a 210 2-door sedan (based on the VIN) that saw 250,000 copies made that year alone. These would become known as the “Tri-Five Chevies” and are still popular with collectors today. Car shoppers kept Chevrolet dealers busy in 1955-57 as nearly five million cars were sold those three years. ![]()
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