Paint for classic race car

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flatheadfool

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Hi all, I have a bit of a problem here with a customers 37 Ford CP
classic dirt track racer. The car has been sitting outside all winter
while I did the engine and was covered with a plastic tarp.
i pulled the tarp last week and the dampness must have gotten under the paint
and peeled the paint right of off the roof in sheets.
It was prob. painted 40 years ago with house paint .
It is what it is. Very rough car. Was run hard and put up wet often.
Main question is how do I get the thing painted so it looks even remotely
like it was . Is there a way to make new paint look old ?
My body guy says there is no way but i have to do this myself. Thanks
 
You may get some good answers here on the Barn, but I would also post on the brother site, the HAMB. There are a lot of paint gurus over there.
 
Sand, sand, sand... Or maybe you can find someone doing "dustless blasting" in your area. CAUTION, old house paint could contain lead and you may have to file an environmental impact report, or just do it in your garage =-(
TCP Global has some great products.
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Places like Home Depot can match house paint. Take a piece of the "sheet" that came off or some part in and have them match the color. Maybe get the new paint in a satin finish. That is all I can think of for house paint. Since it is the whole top, and it is brush painted, you might just repaint the whole car with a brush or roller. Wouldn't take that long.
You might ask an experienced house painter also.
Good luck.
 
I think the question is how to make it looked aged. I have done this on the inside of a house to match existing paint (old rental property). It involved "messing" with the paint after it was on the walls. Used dirt, dust, that sort of thing, basically accelerating the natural process. It takes some trial and error, but came out a perfect match.

PS: a body and paint guy is not going to like this!! :)
 
in my youth, a friend scraped up a part of his kitchen floor, which was usually covered in beer and cigarette ash, to try and match the color at the hardware store. it didnt work.
 
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