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Aug 15, 2011 22:54:08 GMT
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Am chasing the aged look (I think) now am not ratting or any of the other style, its just my MR2 has got to that age where the old red paint is just about perfect and has just the right amount of mould growing in places like the spoiler to boot recess.
Problem is am going all new paint on it but in a WW2 plane style so I would like to obtain that "left in a bone yard look it currently has but on to the fresh coat of paint.
I would just leave it as it is but I want to go with grey.
Short of parking in a bush for a few years after its painted is there any recommendation I can do over winter, and please no remove the paint and rust it as its 21 years old and survived this long with out rust issues so I don't want encourage it.
Any help will be greatly received
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Some days you just need to take a grinder to an inanimate object, just to make your day a tiny bit better!!
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Aug 15, 2011 23:02:35 GMT
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Some days you just need to take a grinder to an inanimate object, just to make your day a tiny bit better!!
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dungbug
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Paintjob sounds interesting, why not enjoy it when it's done & let it 'age' naturally (?) Shory of parking it under a tree to encourage moss & so on I can't see how else you'd do it other than 'ratting' it which would mean encouraging rust. ;D
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Past: 13 VW Beetles from 1967 - 1974
Bay Window Campers (1973 & 1974)
Mini's (1992 Cooper lookalike & 1984 '25 Anniversary)
MK2 Polo Coupe S (1984 & 1986)
MK2 Polo Breadvan (1981 & 1984)
MK4 Escort (1989)
MK2 Granada Based Hearse (seriously)
Fiat Uno 60S (1986) Punto 60S (1998) Cinq (1997)
1998 Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat
2003 Ford KA
Current: 2004 Ford Focus (barely alive)
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Neat traffic film remover (TFR) will oxidise glossy paint on a car and make it go matt (and pink if it's red!) but other than that I'm not sure how you could speed up the process.
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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MrSpeedy
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www.vintagediesels.co.uk
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I've heard of covering things in yogurt* to promote algae and stuff. Don't know how effective it is tho.
*Man yoghurt will not have the desired effect, no matter how much you love your car!
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dungbug
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Aug 16, 2011 10:43:48 GMT
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*Man yoghurt will not have the desired effect, no matter how much you love your car! ;D ;D ;D I'm sure one of the VW lads did the 'yogurt' routine on a bus & got results from it, must stink after a while I would have thought.  |
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Past: 13 VW Beetles from 1967 - 1974
Bay Window Campers (1973 & 1974)
Mini's (1992 Cooper lookalike & 1984 '25 Anniversary)
MK2 Polo Coupe S (1984 & 1986)
MK2 Polo Breadvan (1981 & 1984)
MK4 Escort (1989)
MK2 Granada Based Hearse (seriously)
Fiat Uno 60S (1986) Punto 60S (1998) Cinq (1997)
1998 Yamaha YZF600R Thundercat
2003 Ford KA
Current: 2004 Ford Focus (barely alive)
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Aug 16, 2011 11:15:39 GMT
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paint and then work at it with different grades of wet and dry
i've got a splitty coming for a patina paint job in a few weeks ;D
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Aug 16, 2011 11:26:45 GMT
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JohnnySomerset asked this question when he was still posting on here. He wanted to paint his Cedric black in such a way that it looked like it used to be shiny and has aged with dignity over the course of 50 years.
He went about acheiving it by painting it himself using cellulose (possibly when it was cold), the theory being that he wasn't great at spraying, which put a few years on it immediately ;D
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring. |
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Aug 16, 2011 11:49:16 GMT
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I'd also go for the paint it as good as you can, then just leave it
Your metalwork will love you for it. Unless you spend a LOT of time and effort perfecting it, it's going to look like you've just tried to rat it.
There's a VERY fine line, between "aged", rat, and just a general snotter
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You're like a crazy backyard genius! |
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Aug 16, 2011 19:53:51 GMT
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I normally follow the snotter route as it works for me lol. Am after some thing that looks like it was done in a shed in the 40's after seeing one to many spitfires in the air, you know how young kids are impressionable  Thanks for the replies. Any one know if there is anything I can do to the shell before I lay the roller across it? As yes it is being rollered as it is by far my favoured way of doing it again trying to stay faithful to how they woulod have done one in there chicken sheds back in the day  |
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Some days you just need to take a grinder to an inanimate object, just to make your day a tiny bit better!!
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