Making new paint look old??

[GB SISSON]

To some, no patina at all is acceptable, and to others complete surface rust is cool. To me there are certain limits to what I can handle. The 'before' photo of my '59s tailgate is a case in point. Someone had welded up holes or something on this tailgate, burning off the paint, where it appeared as ugly splotches as it rusted. When I recently bought this truck back from the guy I sold it to maybe 8 years ago the once passable patina was lots of surface rust.. He kept it outdoors and it rains almost all winter here. I mixed up some flat white and flat black into some hunter green rustoleum, drizzled in some blue and created a decent flat meadow green. Coerced my 12 yr old grand daughter to do the lettering. I am developing 'essential tremors' like my mom had. So far I can still eat soup in polite company

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

To some, no patina at all is acceptable, and to others complete surface rust is cool. To me there are certain limits to what I can handle. The 'before' photo of my '59s tailgate is a case in point. Someone had welded up holes or something on this tailgate, burning off the paint, where it appeared as ugly splotches as it rusted. When I recently bought this truck back from the guy I sold it to maybe 8 years ago the once passable patina was lots of surface rust.. He kept it outdoors and it rains almost all winter here. I mixed up some flat white and flat black into some hunter green rustoleum, drizzled in some blue and created a decent flat meadow green. Coerced my 12 yr old grand daughter to do the lettering. I am developing 'essential tremors' like my mom had. So far I can still eat soup in polite company

[34fordy]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

To some, no patina at all is acceptable, and to others complete surface rust is cool. To me there are certain limits to what I can handle. The 'before' photo of my '59s tailgate is a case in point. Someone had welded up holes or something on this tailgate, burning off the paint, where it appeared as ugly splotches as it rusted. When I recently bought this truck back from the guy I sold it to maybe 8 years ago the once passable patina was lots of surface rust.. He kept it outdoors and it rains almost all winter here. I mixed up some flat white and flat black into some hunter green rustoleum, drizzled in some blue and created a decent flat meadow green. Coerced my 12 yr old grand daughter to do the lettering. I am developing 'essential tremors' like my mom had. So far I can still eat soup in polite company

Hey Gary, I believe the picture of your beautiful grand kids intently doing your detailed work is my all time favorite picture on the Ford Barn! You are one lucky grampa and 3 lucky grand kids. I hope that they live close and visit often. I believe that a thread with "Grand kids & Fords" would be very interesting and entertaining.