Barn find look

[easymoney]

I have a 66 half cab that I want to distress into a barn find looking truck. I have redone everything the truck needed mechanically but want it to look like it has been sitting out for 40+ years. It has an okay paint job, no rust per say so it needs a little help getting that old look. Right now the paint doesn't look new but doesn't look old either. It just looks Blaaaa.

Anyone ever done anything like this?

 

[half cab]

Park under an oak tree for a month.

 

[broncobsession]

Stick it in a barn until 2054

 

[BRONCROB]

Really??

 

[Tom Dummer]

Let me do some "work" to it. In a month it will look plenty "distressed".

 

[Scoop]

Paint a different color over the existing paint and then sand it unevenly all over. Go through the new paint exposing the old paint in strategic areas - like the paint has worn thin in some places. You can also paint some red oxide in some places under the new paint and expose it in some areas too. Then spray with a low gloss or matte clear. It might look pretty cool.

Google rat rod and you'll see a lot of distressed paint effects.

 

[mac77]

Truck tech

Truck tech, on spike network's power block, did a patina paint job on a 60's era Chevy truck and turned out real sharp. Could probably look into their archives and pull up episode. Might interest you.

 

[AZ73]

1000 grit sandpaper once over the entire truck, then pick some strategic areas like on the hood, tops of fenders to sand through just to the primer.

 

[JSBX]

For all the work it is going to take to make it look like it needs a paint job why not just go a head and paint it and have a nice looking Bronco?

 

[easymoney]

Thanks for all the input.

JSBX - Don't want it to look like every other Bronco on the road.

 

[frenchy]

Thanks for all the input.

JSBX - Don't want it to look like every other Bronco on the road.

Must be a bummer to have that many Bronco's around that you don't want yours to look like them.

 

[easymoney]

Just want to be different frenchy -

 

[Rox Crusher]

To each his own

Me, I would love to find a survivor with just the right patina.............but so far it eludes me

We recently went to an off road event in CO and there was an awesome old Jeepster that had a paint job using some sort of paint that would "rust" when an activator was applied. You can change the look by where you apply the activator and how long you leave it on.

Once you get the look the way you want it, you rinse the activator off and put on a clear coat.

Guy said it was extremely expensive paint.

 

[Wyflyer]

I've been curious about this myself. I like patina till I see exposed rust.

 

[Jay-P]

Maybe I missed it but what color is it at the moment?

 

[67RT]

Just want to be different frenchy -

I like your thinking. Scotch brite thru the normally worn areas. My truck has them on top of doors and fenders, hinges crusty, etc.
I will put some pics in my garage if they aren't already there. If it doesn't work out, just paint it..

 

[Viperwolf1]

To each his own

Me, I would love to find a survivor with just the right patina.............but so far it eludes me

We recently went to an off road event in CO and there was an awesome old Jeepster that had a paint job using some sort of paint that would "rust" when an activator was applied. You can change the look by where you apply the activator and how long you leave it on.

Once you get the look the way you want it, you rinse the activator off and put on a clear coat.

Guy said it was extremely expensive paint.

Here it is.

 

[easymoney]

The Bronco is currently faded yellow with green underneath.

 

[hyghlndr]

May consider trading it for one with the look you are going for?

 

[thesnake]

My 66 was on a farm for 4 years and a snowplow for 42 years following that. Rust everywhere, but the paint looks fair.

John