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Rat Rod Nation builds => Rat Rod Body Discussions => Topic started by: Anti-Ricer on December 29, 2012, 05:10:13 AM

Title: rusty color
Post by: Anti-Ricer on December 29, 2012, 05:10:13 AM

Im picking up this 55 chevy bed sunday.how can I get the color to match my 50 international cab which is a gray color?
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh105/jwe3689/IMG952889.jpg)

50 international
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh105/jwe3689/1223121339.jpg)

Title: Re: rusty color
Post by: hotwheels on December 29, 2012, 07:14:52 AM

Your almost gonna have to use a brown primer, then gray paint. Hand sand in your patina.

Title: Re: rusty color
Post by: Anti-Ricer on December 29, 2012, 07:22:23 AM

Do I need to remove all the pink and rust off the bed then primer brown.then take some 80 grip so the sand scratchs show up good

Title: Re: rusty color
Post by: lowboy on December 29, 2012, 08:42:19 AM

80 sound s a bit course i think that you need to use something around 180 or 220 wet sanding the pink and i would leave the rust just sand it lightly then itll be easier to find after the gray is applied

Title: Re: rusty color
Post by: miraclepieco on December 29, 2012, 12:36:21 PM

Why try to match it?  Let it show it's diverse history and character. Some of the best rats have mis-matched body panels. Like this one:

Title: Re: rusty color
Post by: chopper york on December 29, 2012, 01:01:15 PM

Yeah What miraclepieco said..

Title: Re: rusty color
Post by: hotwheels on December 30, 2012, 07:28:34 AM

LOL, i agree: Yeah What miraclepieco said..

Title: Re: rusty color
Post by: bigj on December 30, 2012, 02:04:16 PM

they make a product called liquide mask get it from the paint store brush it over the rust or anything you want to keep do your paint then power wash it will come rite back of reveling what you covered.