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Feb 6, 2014 | 12:42 PM

1950FordF1

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Paint Aging

I have been trying to educate myself on paint aging techniques. I am repairing my daily driver after an accident and would like to try this for my repaint. Conceptually I will build up from black primer with a little red oxide to simulate rust

, and use two different colors to form intermediate and top coats......then sand to age the paint. There must be a variety of techniques to create effects that simulate aging.......I would like to hear what you have tried.

Tanks, T.

Feb 6, 2014 | 01:09 PM

dmack91

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If you go to PowerblockTV website, Kevin Tetz did a "Trucks" episode last year on project ClasSix where he did an imitation fauxtina paint job on a fender and door.

Feb 6, 2014 | 01:10 PM

51PanelMan

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Use cardboard to sand the paint. It'll flatten it more and could go through the top layer to expose the bottom layer of paint.

Feb 6, 2014 | 07:46 PM

ZFLASH

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I was just looking into this myself today,googled how to patina paint a car. Lots of different methods popped up,good luck. L8R ZFLASH

Feb 6, 2014 | 08:21 PM

reed1951

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I was going to do this on my truck but changed my mind. BUT I had already done my cab in the "patina" look. It was really easy, I bought a gallon of brown single stage and green single stage. I sprayed a couple heavy coats of the brown and a couple of thinner coats of green on top, just enough to cover the brown. After it dried I just went to town sanding the normal places that are weathered on these trucks. Turned out awesome...but then I changed my mind on the patina so had it sandblasted. The paint that I bought was a gloss single stage but when I sanded it a little all over the cab it faded it/flatened it great.