Patina rules

Patina is what we and our cars get as we grow older. However, I have it on good info that the fountain of youth is a fire hydrant in a certain place, and if you drive through its stream, patina reverses itself.
 
Dick,
love the rusty bumper! how could you contain yourself from painting it?

just strike a match on that rust!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
1930-Pickup said:
I love the smell of patina in the morning. It smells like...history :D
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I hope as I get older I don't smell like the car did when I got it. A lot of mice had peed in the interior. Now it has a new interior, safety glass, motor rebuilt, new tires, ****** and rear end bearings replaced along with new top and header,seat belts and turn signals. It is ready to tour except I need to finish coating it with flat clear. Got to protect that rust.:)
 
IMHO the word Patina is way over used! If you have an original paint car and want to preserve it, then yes you have Patina worth saving. But if you clear coat or "oil" a rusty old restoration from the 50's - 70's, you have a rusty old restoration not patina.

Patina smell! Is that another way of describing mold, mildew, rancid grease, and bad gasoline?

Running and ducking! ;)
 
JDupuis said:
Lol....lol..Why is it, that I think you're telling the truth?
Questioning in Canada. Jeff :)
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That IS the Gospel Truth, Jeff,
Buster T.:cool: sleeps on a King size bed, alongside my Hospital "Fold-A-Bed". He has 3, freshly laundered, Harbor Freight Moving Blankets. If I get cold, I just slide one over on me:D
He "burrows" under them & literally "disappears"! Rat Terriers have SHORT hair & can clean themselves to their skin & NEVER smell like a Dog:cool: I've had him 5 Years & he never has had a BATH! Same thing with 2 Female Rat Terriers I owned in the past. They're MARVELOUS Dogs:cool::cool::cool:
Bro Bill W.
 
Sometimes, patina is not an option
 

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I've "read" about Guys spraying on METAL PARTICLES/ACIDS/ETC, to simulate Old Rusty lookin' "patina" & sometimes spray on CLEAR, to "protect" the patina. Everyone has "fun", in their OWN way!!!
Bill Antirust
 
Tom Wesenberg said:
My 28 Phaeton looked the same way when I brought it home, and I thought about leaving all the dirt on it, but decided I really didn't want all that dirt rubbing off on my clothes every time I got near the car.
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I brought mine home almost three years ago and haven't washed it yet :D

The dirt has not been a major problem for me but I do keep the inside mostly clean.

The most annoying thing is when someone walks up to it, takes a finger and swipes the fender, they hold up their finger with a frown on their face, and then asks when I'm going to paint it. Now I have a finger streak I have to live with another month before it fades away. And these are car-people!:mad:
 
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