![]() ![]() If you can teach yourself to build the car, you can teach yourself to paint the car. Even using modern paint I can generally cut and buff out most of my mistakes. Yes, lacquer is high maintenance, but its doable. That car is gorgeous and came out of his garage. I mean look at the lacquer on PGAN's sedan. I think its just an excuse for don't want to spend, and not willing to put in the labor. But decent quality drive quality paint isn't all that bad, and if you're cheap like me you can teach yourself to do something livable in your garage. Show car paint is gawd awful expensive, but most of us don't own show quality cars. I admit I am the guy that parks farther out in the parking lot to avoid door dings, but hell I need the exercise anyway. I drive them everywhere and they are not destroyed. Where do you drive? My OT daily drivers are both black, and both worth more than any Hot Rod I've owned. I also never understood this excuse that "if I paint it nice, I can't drive it". Why anyone would want to replicate this with paint is beyond me. And now it seems like a contest to see how crappy it can be. Left out in a field for fifty years then clear coated to "preserve" the rot and destruction - I just don't see the appeal. It has taken on character with age and use. A paint job that has aged and worn a bit. ![]() To me Patina is illustrated by a car like HRP's 32' sedan. I think the word Patina has been bastardized along the way. But its yours, so the only opinion that matters is yours. The white stuff you see on there is something like chalk or paint or something.If it were mine it would get painted in some form. NOTE: Yes, I already have soaked/cleaned this in Dawn and H20. I have read up on several threads, but find this difficult to soak (it's big! 22inches) - though I would consider soaking if I could do half of it at a time with no ill visual affects. Please do not let this turn into a debate about clean vs. I DO have a bottle of Kick 'n Brass - somewhere around here - but have seen it change color of cymbals. I am very happy with the result of the Zildjian cleaner - though it is a messy process requiring much elbow grease. ![]() No - don't know what this cymbal is made of (composition). Groove Juice comes to mind, but does it work on this thick of patina, and I have also heard that it sometimes changes the COLOR of the cymbal. Question is - is this the best (and most affordable) way to do this. In the spot that you see there - after the ketchup has done its thing, I am left with some patina still in the grooves and it is quite difficult to get that cleaned up. Now, notice that there is alot of built up dark, thick, stubborn patina deep in these grooves. So far, only in the spot shown and also some on the bottom as a test, I have used ketchup to get the bulk of it off, then Zildjian's cream in the tube cleaner (white tube, black label) - yes, this is a pretty old tube of cleaner that I had for years before using recently ("Professional Cymbal Cleaning Cream"). This cymbal probably has not been cleaned - EVER - and I am trying to brighten it up and add sustain - and yes, I love clean shiny cymbals. I refinished the drums to look old, but the cymbals look too shiny. I got a Ludwig 5-piece rocker II kit with cymbals. I have an old Kingston 22in ride (MIJ) that I am in the beginning stages of cleaning. 1 drummerUCfan Member Joined Messages 6 Reaction score 0 Location Cincinnati, OH Can someone tell me how to make my sabian/paiste cymbals have a patina look to them. First, I must say - patina lovers - cover your eyes! You may find this painful! ![]()
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