12/19/2023 0 Comments Patina painted trucks![]() Any trim and badges on the body will also need removing. If you go too far with it, it will look less realistic and that may detract from the finish.īegin by stripping off the chrome and other parts, such as door handles, lights, and wing mirrors. However, as this truck is only 37 years old, the level of patina would be far less. If you’re doing this on a ’30s hot rod then, in theory, that shell has seen nearly 100 years of the elements, so the level of patina and the level of rust you can apply are basically limitless. That’s something you need to take into account. While there are many different techniques on how to achieve a faux patina, some using spray techniques and other chemical reactions, GT’s technique will give us a period-correct patina looking as authentic as possible for a 1980s workhorse. Any paint supplier, and most paint and panel shops, should also be able to handle this process. Luckily, the factory cream colour was still on the interior panels, and was dropped off to be colour matched at Resene Automotive & Light Industrial’s branch in Auckland. With the objective of taking the truck back to a factory two-tone look, faux patina seemed like the logical choice, as the body is not in perfect condition and spending $10K to get it there was not in the owner’s budget. It had acquired a few small dings over the years, and the cheap 2K paint job was in need of some love. The build goal with this vehicle was as a tow vehicle for a race car, so it was always going to get used to haul parts and spend its life in service. GT Refinishers was roped in to help bring this ’79 GMC Sierra workshop hack up to scratch, as the company has developed a faux patina technique that is somewhat authentic looking. But if you’ve purchased a vehicle that’s already had a respray, like this one, it may be worth considering faux patina. If you’re lucky enough to find an unmolested shell that’s spent its life getting worn down by the harsh Arizona sun, and has not rusted out, simply spray it with a sealer and you’re sorted. This is where patina or faux patina comes into play. ![]() The man-hours that go into perfecting those gaps and hammering and filing each panel, before layers and layers of perfectly glossy paint are applied, is a process that offers no shortcuts and no half measures if you are after a long-lasting, quality finish.īut what if you’re not a fan of shiny, and you’re a little rough around the edges, but still want to give your vehicle a makeover? Your options here are limited, as cutting corners on a respray can mean all sorts of issues down the track, not to mention it looking cheap and nasty. It’s often one of the most expensive aspects of the build and the task that takes the longest to complete. Joke.The finishing touch to any project is without a doubt the paint job. I find haters will be no matter what you want to do with your ride.but then again maybe we should all just make what everyone else wants. I want to challenge myself to try and pull off a good version of the above. I've been there done that with full out show trucks/cars.time to move on to something more realistic. For myself they are a waste of time as I use my vehicles, drive on gravel roads, and haul parts and trailers with them. Myself, I'm tired of the pretty high polished paint jobs. There are some that are nearly impossible to tell at a glance. But I have seen some pretty impressive versions of them and they are sweet to look at the work and effort that went into them. Don't get me wrong, the bad versions are that.just bad. And in my experience and research over the past, the worn and weathered look of paint is much harder to make a decen job of than a nice paint job. I don't find many flame jobs to get hated on when they first came around either.paint is paint. Whatever excuse anyone likes to use to go either way really doesn't matter to me. I find the faux/fake patina just like any other custom paint job.you either like it or hate it. And the fact that I am building a crew cab/short box which was never made factory, so finding an original survivor is pretty unrealistic. And I have yet to see a decent looking patina on an 81-87 GM body style truck that was legit. Well that would be all fine and good if you could find trucks up here in Canada that had the Arizona/Texas fade on the paint without the rest of the truck being completely rotten. Hard to beat some of these "O.G." paint jobs, by the way og means original. A "faux patina" paint job is best left to mother nature in my opinion. Easy.paint it then let it sit out in the weather for 45-50 years. ![]()
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