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Sun Oct 16, 2005 10:31 pm

hello there .....
i am in the process of getting my brazilian bus painted ( red oxide primer colour ) and are wanting to paint some hand painted letters on the side to make it look like a logoed bus but wanted them to look aged..
going for the rusted rat look type of van any other tips of how to fade paint and age stuff would be great
thanks
roger (New Zealand ) :D

Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:48 pm

I have been thinking about a weathered army insignia for my baja. My idea was to just use cheap rattle can spray paint with no prep to the base paint. Not even was or cleaning just tape the stencil to the door and spray.I think just a light mist and keep going over until it looks right.

Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:57 am

one way to make a section of the vehicle look aged is to paint one color, then paint over it with the top color, then sand through parts of the top coat to reveal the bottom coat.

I have seen people use this to say paint brown or dark orange under black then do a little sanding to reveal pieces of brown to make the car look aged or even a little rusty in those areas. works really well on edges that you want to look worn down. I dont know how this would look for lettering, but I'm sure it would work fine. Just be careful not to sand through the lettering.

Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:59 pm

I've been working on faded logos and graphics for awhile now. I run a small sign buisness on the side.I wanted to"theme" my Single cab, here's what I came up with. Pretty easy to do. I even thought about putting "kits" together for anyone interested enough.

Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:40 am

steel wool lightly rub it to give a faded look, and dont spray too much on to begin with

Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:47 pm

i plan on doing something similar on my '67 bug. you could go to a sign shop and tell them what you're doing and they could make a stencil for you. spray it on, let it dry, take off the stencil, then LIGHTLY buff the lettering with fine steel wool. sign shops have thousands of different fonts, and you could get really sweet lettering this way.

Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:08 pm

Making a stencil is easy. Here are some tips:

-use 8.5 mm computer paper, manilla folders, poster boards
(the thicker it is the more sprays it will last, but the harder it is to cut, 8.5mm seems to work best for less than 20 sprays)

-make multiple layers for more complex stencils, such as spray a white circle down and let it dry, then spray black text inside it, overlaping it, whatever

-use 3M spray adhesive, spray the back of your stencil and give it 5 mins to dry a bit, it will hold the stencil to what your spraying and shouldnt leave a residue as long as you dont leave it there

-buy an Xacto knife and cutting mat, it shouldn't cost you more than $20 and it will make your life much easier, do NOT skimp and just cut on top of cardboard or glass

-use Rustoleum, Krylon, or some of the more expensive European paints if you have them (Belton, Montana), anything less will drip and look like crap (you can make it look like that later if you want)

Never did a vehicle before, but I've done countless other things, heres an example of my current skateboard:

Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:38 pm

v555ryan wrote: Never did a vehicle before, but I've done countless other things, heres an example of my current skateboard:

Man, it's a shame you have to put your feet on that!!

Nice work!! 8)

- David

Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:25 am

WD-40 wrote: v555ryan wrote: Never did a vehicle before, but I've done countless other things, heres an example of my current skateboard:

Man, it's a shame you have to put your feet on that!!

Nice work!! 8)

- David
That is nice....great job. i have a friend who cuts stencil for me. If i put a name or a logo on a car that still has nice paint but they want that weathered look i spray the logo with single stage through my air brush to cover the logo, then when dry i will weather it by wet sanding the logo in spots to make it appear faded and the use the buffer to complete the worn off look. Alot of the old signage was hand painted on using lettering enamels or single stage paint which didnt offer much protection from the elements.

Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:24 am

Go hang out for a while on any model train site. George Sellios has a book out "The Fabulous Franklin and South Manchester Railroad" that shows the art to it's zenith in my oppinion. These guys spend their lives ageing and weathering to get things just right. The trick in a nutshell is to use light dustings of earth colored (usually VERY light tan) paint over graphics that have been "aged" by lightly sanding edges etc to reveal the underlying paint and metal etc. very subtly.