Ksm
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I'm not polling if I'm crazy or not (at least not in this thread).
My good friend Shamu hooked me up with these awesome salvaged door panels to play with and Yeller brought them over during a visit. So I decided to paint a Bronco logo in rust. Not paint that looks like rust, but real rust.
Photo 1 is fresh from Shamu's garage
Photo 2 I painted a coating of primer so the solution doesn't eat through the door
Photo 3 is the first layer of iron paint. This is just tiny iron particulates suspended in a carrier paint. It's like painting with baby powder
Photo 4 is the bucking bronco next to a photocopy of the emblem. I need to build up layers of the iron particulates to be able to add a 3D effect. And then I added the acidic solution and copper salts to the top. I let the solution pool up on areas I wanted to have a stronger reaction. Now I'm painting with chemicals - so much fun
Photo 5 and 6 are how the two bucking broncos turned out!
Photo 7 is the finished panels
Now my question. Right now I have black arm rests and door cups. Would these look ok on the panels? I'm thinking they will stand out too much? My other options are to either buy new parchment ones but they will be super bright and clean looking and I think it'll look cheap on top of the patina on the panels.... Or I can buy old parchment color ones off someone - but the ones' I've seen are cruddy looking and might look out of place on my otherwise nicely restored Bronco. Any opinions?
My good friend Shamu hooked me up with these awesome salvaged door panels to play with and Yeller brought them over during a visit. So I decided to paint a Bronco logo in rust. Not paint that looks like rust, but real rust.
Photo 1 is fresh from Shamu's garage
Photo 2 I painted a coating of primer so the solution doesn't eat through the door
Photo 3 is the first layer of iron paint. This is just tiny iron particulates suspended in a carrier paint. It's like painting with baby powder
Photo 4 is the bucking bronco next to a photocopy of the emblem. I need to build up layers of the iron particulates to be able to add a 3D effect. And then I added the acidic solution and copper salts to the top. I let the solution pool up on areas I wanted to have a stronger reaction. Now I'm painting with chemicals - so much fun
Photo 5 and 6 are how the two bucking broncos turned out!
Photo 7 is the finished panels
Now my question. Right now I have black arm rests and door cups. Would these look ok on the panels? I'm thinking they will stand out too much? My other options are to either buy new parchment ones but they will be super bright and clean looking and I think it'll look cheap on top of the patina on the panels.... Or I can buy old parchment color ones off someone - but the ones' I've seen are cruddy looking and might look out of place on my otherwise nicely restored Bronco. Any opinions?
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