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Hey Malibob
Can you post a closeup of your white roof? i was curious as to what the two tone would look like roughed up.

Jocko, i am definitely going to check out whats underneath my paint first. Thats a great idea.

and does anyone know a trick to painting the dash with the glass still in. it seems like an area prone to error.

thanks dudes. I'm getting a little ramped up about this.

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I have thought about doing ot to mine. I know there is two other colors under the Orange. This way I van still drive it while I do the body work. I just hatethe down time because it is a running truck and I am going to tear it a part to change out the drums to disc all around and tear the body about to do the body work and paint the frame.
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Here is a photo of a red and a blue truck, with light colors underneath. They looks ok, but just don't look "quite right"..IMO. The factory didn't use light colored primers on these trucks.

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sun baked!! first time this truck has been under a roof in its life..

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...iv/pepaw65.jpg

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looks like a cheap repaint in red years ago that is fading off to see the original paint underneath, not primer...

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Chizzler, that truck looks great !! I was able to find a longbed that had original patina. I put it on a shortbed chassis and painted the bed to match. Used the original tailgate, wheel tubes, and header board. Sean
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...jects022-1.jpg

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thanks
70 chevell 383 stroker
no build thread.i followed the trucks episode.
looks killer

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Not much to it.we started by sanding with 320.didnt even blow it off after.then the first coat was black put on with a brush.(yes a home depot paint brush).second coat we mixed orange and black to make brown.we put it on with a roller (yes a home depot roller).we put too coats.second coat was mainly on the hood and roof and bed rails.(nice and thick) third coat we sprayed the blue with a harbor freight gun.fourth coat we used white header spray paint and sprayed it from far back just misting it.after it was dry we started wet sanding with 1000 grit for a long time.you need to take your time and only break through the layers that you want.if you push to hard you will find bare metal.the slower you go the more first layer (black) you can find.after your happy with it you take some red scotch brite pads and hit the whole thing.this will take the sheen from the wet sanding away.hope this helps.we used duplicolor from napa.

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Hey Chizzler, thanks for the "how to" data on your patina job. Your truck looks great! :metal:

John

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Diggin it chiz

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This was on ebay like 5 years ago. This is what i would like mine to look like. But would be very time consuming to create. Like 45 years! lol

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killer original patina.

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Mine an my buddies 65/66. One pic i buffed the 66

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This is mine, courtesy of previous owner.

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I dont have any close ups of the white roof on mine. I will be honest though. I plan on re-doing mine in gloss and rubbing it through- think I will like it a little better.

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There is a guy in my area with a mid 60's VW Bug with a faux patina job. It looks like the areas were sanded down to bare metal and then he cleared the whole car. Now its shiny with a patina look. Its cool, but when you get close you see the shine. That part I dont like.

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I thought the faux-tina was soo cool I ordered the video from Trucks. They sent me a video labled faux-tina but it was just a recap of several other episodes. I called their 800 number several times and emailed several times and never got any response. I will never order anything from Trucks or Horsepower TV again.
Thought I would let you know before you get ripped off like I did.

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I know fauxtina is a love or hate thing, but I love them and think I'm gonna give it a shot!

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Worst case and you dont like it, repaint it.

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Is it better/worse than the video I posted? I would expect the video to be more in depth than the online version. I got enough out of the online version to know what to do.

My truck has quite a bit of real patina, so I will use that as a guide if I get around to doing it.

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Yeah, stick to the online version. Like I said, they sent me the wrong video then ignored all my phone calls and emails. No refund....nothing.

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Damn, it was the wrong one all together? OK, that is a whole new level of suck.

<edit>This is a favorite of mine. I think I have talked myself into doing my truck, only following the existing patina pattern.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0t3lOg3-1...rs2008+008.jpg

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let me know if you need a hand jimmy.im over here in west linn.soon to be in sherwood.much bigger shop.

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I posted this up many times wish i had more photos. I am really not into the fake patina stuff but when i had my truck the body shop painted it red oxide primer and I ended up not liking the color. So I primered it all black and left the top part white. After sometime I missed the orange color and tried sanding it down and got to tired to finish the sanding and it ended up like this. Wish I had more pictures of it but got lost when comp crashed.
http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/y...truction64.jpg