NOT repainting, but saving faded paint

wascator · Mar 15, 2022

This message is a reply to an archived post by SVcummins on November 30, 2021 at 23:24:34.
The original subject was Re: NOT repainting, but saving faded paint.

some are clear-coating old pickups and cars, to preserve the patina and provide some protection. You should be able to find a lot on the internet about this.

560Dennis · Mar 16, 2022

They buff them out on fantom works ,

DR. EVIL · Mar 16, 2022

Or spend $100 on DAKOTA SHINE that Machinery Pete advertises. AND then there's rubbing compound and polishing compound before you wax the living heck out of the paint to make it shine.
I see these red tractors with base coat/clear coat paint jobs that the paint looks a foot deep and is almost too shiny to look at in the daylight. I did a rattle can repaint of the grill, hood, and gas tank on my '54 Super H in 1969. Looked pretty good for about a month when I was mowing hay on a warm sunny day, pressure relief on radiator stuck, then released and shot hot anti-freeze down the center of the top of the grill and hood, maybe got a bit on the gas tank and it's been brite red and dull dark red straps ever since, I was in the middle of 20 acres. Plan was to get to water tank and rinse the sheet metal off, but no bucket, or can, or jar or even a container of any kind, and by the time I got to the end of the field the hot sheetmetal evaporated all the antifreeze off, damage was done!

NOT repainting, but saving faded paint

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