Watched some videos on YouTube where they preserve the patina with boiled linseed oil thinned with some mineral spirits. Seems like the best patina preservation measure yet! Way better than Gibbs oil...too pricey, auto wax...too much work, floor wax...doesn’t last too long, clear coat...way too permanent & doesn’t look very good. Just wipe it on, let it sit a bit, then wipe off excess! Doing nothing looks too dry and neglected, and doesn’t slow down the rust!
Reviving this thread is gonna piss a lot of people off. They are going to freak then weld too close to their pacemakers and all hell will break lose. (Great pics tho’!) Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Boiled linseed oil and acetone mixed 50/50 works brilliantly. Been using it on this for about 8 years now with ZERO rust....about twice a year.
Paint this deuce 2dr. and it would look like any other deuce 2dr.! A Dan Greenberg Picture with 26 H.A.M.B. likes. Looks like it probably got the “CLR treatment” and possibly the “boiled linseed oil preservation coating”.
Hey Ron Brown! I remember when that car looked like this! You could have written the book on custom patina finishes! Best regards, Tony
Dang Tony.....how the hell you been....hope all is well with you and yours back east....be good dudeson
I also like patina on old hot rods. Mine still wears it's original paint from '28. I had to replace the gas tank unfortunately.
I love the fact that people are making and driving these cars. I love a good driver, and a car that has been wrenched on by the owner. I have to take my hat off to the guys who can turn a hot rod into art, and I love those cars. I also love the cars that people save and drive, and some of them are also beautiful. I have also seen cars here that were drug out of the ground, made to run, and run well. Just for fun. I have nothing but respect for every one of them. I may never have a car that qualifies as old enough to post about here, but this is where I come to be inspired. You all speak a language I can understand and respect. Very few things make me as happy as firing up a car I built from nothing, and driving it down the road. Every one of you gets that. Right now I have a car that I am just dying to paint, and another car that I just love in all its faded glory. I just love looking at it. And it's all good. In a world where I am sometimes disillusioned and jaded, it feels good to have a tool in my hand, making something, to see something I have built to my own satisfaction. This place makes me feel like that is a worthwhile thing to do, so thanks for that. Maybe sometimes a car is like Frankenstein's monster, but if you give it a top hat and a cane, it may very well sing and dance. That's magic. I have seen stuff here I would never have seen anywhere else, and it just keeps coming. That is so great.
Enjoy all thoughts that have been posted over the years about the Pros and cons. I noticed that 4 years ago I posted a picture of our 32 sedan that has its original paint and mohair interior and still sits among our others 32’s that have been seen on magazine covers, displayed at the Detroit Autorama, Grand National Roadster Show. Ask me to pick my favorite would be like asking to pick my favorite grand child.. Four years later I travel over 2000 miles one way to bring home a new member of our collection and will wear its original paint and battle scars of 75 years proudly among our prom queens. They’re only original once and some of them should remain that way
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