http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/4623802274.html

Thinking about buying this truck just for the patina body panels. Hoping someone lives close that could take a look it for me...

 

I'm a little too far away to help. (I'm at the opposite corner of the state) But I will say that if it's been a rig local to that area, that truck has seen about 60" of rain a year in it's lifetime of living on the coast. There may not be as much left as it looks. FYI.

 

I called the guy and on the phone he said everything is straight and no cancer rust. But, who knows until you really look at it in person.

 

Well, I'm not going to call the guy out or anything, but from my house, it appears to be coming apart at the seams, cab corners, bottoms of the doors, the fender bottoms have bondo covering something.....

Just sayin'...

 

That ain't patina, that's rust. Not cheap either.

 

A scotch brite pad and some clear coat and it's good to go!! What do u call this one?

 

I'm sorry, but clear coat is not patina. In fact, it's anti-patina, imho.


From the Oxford Dictionary;
<header class="entryHeader"> Definition of patina in English:


patina

Syllabification: pa·ti·naPronunciation: /pəˈtēnə
/
</header> noun

1A green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period.

 

I live on an island about 60 miles north of seattle. I have bought my recent trucks from N Dakota, Arizona, Ca and other dry states where the patina comes from paint bleaching off steel like meat off cattle skulls in the old western movies. Dry winds, sandblasting the patina on is far different than 60" of rain. My island is in the 'rain shadow' of the Olympic mountains. We get about 26" here, but we still get 60" of fog and mist 9 months out of the year to make up for it. 2 from N. Dakota and the one from Arizona all cost 900.00 to ship here. The internet and 'shipping wars' has brought the cost of shipping way down. I also would never clear coat my patina. Makes the whole truck look plastic coated. Buy a truck from the desert and keep it under a roof. Don't drive it in the winter where they salt the roads. It will melt before your eyes. Believe me.

 

The green one would look okay if they had left the clear coat off , yes looks like plastic. The blue one is a rust bucket and will start falling apart if you try removing the body panels. Myself i don't like the look of patina or what ever you want to call it , a nice paint job looks better IMO.

 

$3200 bucks! No way!

 

If it runs and drives It may be worth saving for $2500.
But for parting out for the body panels, not so much.
Don't They make a flat clear? Or maybe scuff up the clear
so it don't shine so much. That would help protect the
body and look better I think. Has anyone tried this?
I also see the Patina as rust and like to cover it. Primer
patches to me look better than rust. I have done a few
this way mainly to repair and stop the rust. Than left
it like that. To me it looks okay.

Opinions?

 

The guy selling that truck is smoking crack and the guy who pays that for it passed him the pipe. IMHO

 

Speaking from 23+ years of automotive painting experience, it doesn't really work that way. Painting over rust with clear coat won't stop the process. It will continue to eat away under the coating until ultimately the clear (or any other similar topcoat; primer, color, body fillers, etc) bubbles and flakes off. You can actually make it worse by trapping the oxides and not allow the rust to breathe, speeding up the process.

"Patina" has become an overused word, much like rat rod. It is describing a natural oxidizing process and the look that the piece in question has taken on. You can't preserve or save patina, and you especially cannot cover it with something and make it better. That totally destroys the look and alters the finish forever. It's no longer "patina," it's clearcoated rust.

 

I had a buddy go look at it and sent me 24 pics. That thing needs every patch panel available and then some. Frame, motor, and wiring look good though if anyone is curious