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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Body, Glass & Paint => Topic started by: OldGray on February 11, 2016, 01:45:50 pm
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After much research on "preserving patina" or old paint, I found a number of techniques. Like clear coating, waxing and even rubbing with linseed oil or a mix. The one I found that intrigued me the most (and was pretty cheap) was using Gibbs Oil
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Wow! That turned out looking pretty good! Although that seems a method that's best suited to primered trucks or for trucks with a flat or matte paint job. My truck has neither. It still has a mostly factory paint job with smooth and shiny paint. I think with a clear coat on the upper part of my two-tone paint job. Wax would be a better solution to my application. But thanks for sharing. Just goes to show what a little work can accomplish.
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If my paint were as nice as yours, I would have buffed mine out too!
For my truck I was thinking more Mad Max :D
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Came out great!
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That is just tired paint ...
This is patina: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/01/3e/79/013e79a6978a847e4dccc5e819f13677.jpg
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That is just tired paint ...
Yep, but I dang sure woke it up! ;D
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That is just tired paint ...
This is patina: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/01/3e/79/013e79a6978a847e4dccc5e819f13677.jpg
Little heat and some tobacco juice, seal that baby right up.......lol