Clearcoating over original weathered patina paint pros and cons.

[Kato]

WD40 / various grades of steel wool carefully used and patience
These 2 bikes were in the same family / barn since new..........13 kids.
Before and after...............wish I'd never sold them.......out in Vegas now I think.

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

fiddling today with my 1947 Ladies the New World Lightweight. bike is not real rusted, but I guess just old dirt was covering it. I wish I had taken a before photo, but you could barely see this decal before I did the 000 steel wool... I used windex as I thought WD might remove the decal. started off very lightly and just a few seconds and wipe it off to see what it looked like. it was so dark I figured I had nothing to lose.

 

[GTs58]

I’m really confused. What was the original question?

 

[rustjunkie]

I’m really confused. What was the original question?

“Clearcoating over original weathered patina paint”

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

I’m really confused. What was the original question?

I forgot the question, but the answer is WD 40 and 000 steel wool.

 

[GTs58]

I forgot the question, but the answer is WD 40 and 000 steel wool.

Will WD-40 and 000 steel wool bring back the color on my weathered Toyota?

 

[Schwinndemonium]

It's going to get the Broke Bastard's boiled linseed oil and mineral spirits treatment. No more abrasive work, I know from experience with this bike that any more abrasive treatments including the finest grading steel wool will remove paint, and I am not willing to do this.

 

[Drosentreter]

Will WD-40 and 000 steel wool bring back the color on my weathered Toyota?

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Yes, just all of the color will be in the WD40 running off the hood

 

[49autocycledeluxe]

Will WD-40 and 000 steel wool bring back the color on my weathered Toyota?

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this is an example of a failed clear coat as paint companies experimented with new paint formulas to lower VOCs emitted into the atmosphere as the solvents evaporate. the color is still there.... try boiled linseed oil. that seems to be a popular fix around here for paint woe's.

 

[GTs58]

this is an example of a failed clear coat as paint companies experimented with new paint formulas to lower VOCs emitted into the atmosphere as the solvents evaporate. the color is still there.... try boiled linseed oil. that seems to be a popular fix around here for paint woe's.

For the restoration on that piece, I was thinking mop and Glo. Maybe two or three coats?