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| | | | Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3 | I have and 46' chevy with a pretty worn paint job and a few questions about rat rod paint jobs.
Can I just put a protective coat over the paint job that won't give it a glossy finish and keep the paint job looking flat like a rat rod is suppose to look like? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | This subject has come up before, you could try a clearcoat with a matting agent added.
As long as you can seal the surface with a waterproof barrier your 'patina' should be preserved.
I would have liked to do the same,but the 'importer' threw about 2 gallons of red oxide primer on mine!
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Eastwood and other Suppliers now have an Egg-Shell finish paint that is formulated to be a top coat and supply the look you are after. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 70 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 70 | The way I understand it, surface rust will continue to oxidize underneath clear coat. The clear coat will blister and peel in the surface rust areas. Some products also yellow when exposed to sunlight (I think POR makes a clear coat rust inhibitor that is (was?) not UV protected and would yellow.
Some guys apply grease (not sure of type) to preserve patina. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 91 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 91 | Norm Grabowski Lives close to me (If you don't know how that is just goolge him) and on his old truck to keep the patina looking good he uses linseed oil. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 874 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 874 | I have and 46' chevy with a pretty worn paint job and a few questions about rat rod paint jobs.
Can I just put a protective coat over the paint job that won't give it a glossy finish and keep the paint job looking flat like a rat rod is suppose to look like? I'm not sure what a rat rod is supposed to look like, but if you like the way the paint looks now just leave it alone. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 424 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 424 | I'm trying to imagine a drive down a dusty road in a truck covered in linseed oil. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 424 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 424 | I have and 46' chevy with a pretty worn paint job and a few questions about rat rod paint jobs.
Can I just put a protective coat over the paint job that won't give it a glossy finish and keep the paint job looking flat like a rat rod is suppose to look like? I'm not sure what a rat rod is supposed to look like, but if you like the way the paint looks now just leave it alone. You know...Ratty! | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Using Rat Rod and Paint Job in the same sentence is considered an oxymoron isn't it? 
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 113 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 113 | I had an old 49 Dodge PU that I would just "paint" once a month with Diesel fuel. The cab was crushed by a huge pine tree 25 years ago. Last week I went down back looking for something to put on the back of my 36 to replace the dump body and dug out the bed. Aside the wood being long gone the Orig. paint and bed were just as they were back then. Here's a picture http://i890.photobucket.com/albums/ac102/chiefbobber/36010a.jpg.I'm sure it isn't a real Green thing to do, but it did preserve the metal and the paint. It was something an old farmer I worked for used to do. | | |
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