"Original Unrestored" PATINA HOW-TO, By SHAW, W/PICS! (not the worn brush paint type)

I think thats the gayest thing ever.

Anyone who really knows what they're looking at will be able to tell. Sorry.

Original scratches and scuffs that are earned have a certain look to them that no painter can recreate.

 

man

I like these wisconsin guys!

just dosent sit right with me

interesting technique and look

but

I would not sweat being held liable for forgery

super easy to tell a FAKE, from the real deal earned

 

It's ironic....

A newbie asks a question about putting fake patina on his hotrod and he gets his ass reamed...

A tech thread on the subject gets a bunch of thumbs up....

Must all depend on WHO you are........

Nice work Mr. Shaw.......I dig it....but then again, I have "fake" patina on my "theme" truck too, so I'm biased.

 

That's what I was trying/wanted to say earlier, but sometimes when you just flat out call it how it is on this board, you get called a hater by everyone else.......

 

Very cool, I just don't think I could work up the courage to take a chain, file, and vice grips to all that nice polished paintwork. But hey that's what the owner.

 

Very Nice job. do you have pictures of any other job you have done

 

i really like the job. im just in shock that someone can find a complete harley like that? are there any more like that in your neck of the woods?

 

very cool stuff

 

Pretty good inservice there. I judge a lot of bikes and usually catch it with the sprayed on stain. (Of course I never know if I didn't catch it). I've know some people who did this.Some tried various chemnicals like rubbing in Kroil,wet sanding certain spots,etc.
Good idea to sign it too.A friend built motors.he stamped them on the inside.He'd only done 110 but already found 200 that he had allegedly had done....

 

nice work homie

 

i dont think i could do that to something i put all the labor into to make it look nice, but the effect is amazing!!! looks like it just came out of a garage after a long hiatus.

 

Very cool! Thanks for sharing your techniques.
Chad

 

Josh,
Thats great work! When are ya gonna do a midget or a sprinter that way or have you already?

 

Is that really real blood ?

 

Why???

 

I think it looks pretty good, thanks. I do agree on the shinyness of the paint though, but my paint is 40 years old and it buffed out pretty good, so certain parts actually could be that shiny.

 

Cool tech Josh. I was at the Pumpkin Run in 2003 and saw where you signed some patina...
Sorry about the quality but it was scanned from a bad original.

 

I think what you have done is done very well considering what you are going for... but... I just couldn't bring myself to do that to new paint. I just couldn't get my head around actually doing it. But, it does look pretty real.

I would just expect the paint to be fogged/faded a little more, as is lacquer after baking in the sun/being scuffed down after many years. But, I am being petty I guess.

Great job though considering what you are going for.

 

I wonder how much the bike would be worth in "like new" condition?

 

Hate comes from Passion. I ADORE antique motorcycles... and original ones are really rare and special. They can be repainted a million times, but they're only original once. But to try to make it into something it's not is just lame.

"How to beat up a priceless old motorcycle so you can look cooler at the vintage cycle shows."

It's about as cool as stuffing a sock down your underpants to look bigger for the chicks.

Anyone who takes a chain to a 1912 Harley Davidson needs to have his head examined.

 

Did you use a base coat/ clear coat for the blood?
Looks very real!
Great work!

 

I think it is great. The way I see it is, he did not ruin an original unmolested bike. As he stated it had been redone along time ago in the wrong color. The rest of the mechanical parts have the original wear and appearance to them. If he had reapinted the bike and left the old appearance of the mechanicals they would have looked pretty bad. The owner wanted an original appearing bike in the correct colors. The value of the bike has not been hurt here. The owner will probably be happy that he does not have every other person who looks at it telling him he it is the wrong color.

Josh is not trying to fool anyone here, nor do I think it is the intenetions of the owner or I am sure he would have paid the extra fee to keep it a secret!

 

Does the owner buy pre-shrunk, acid/stone washed, pre-torn already look old but high priced jeans too?

Nice antiquing work there buy you, the artist, but it reeks of "movie prop" bike.

I think scrapes on bikes and tears in jeans should be earned the old fashioned way, by getting drunk and falling down!

 

Interesting technique's.

 

Man some of you guys are fucking knuckleheads... If someone takes the time to post something that is any sort of tech don't bag on them. If it is unsafe try to point it out and see the reasoning, but otherwise keep your yap shut. Remember people don't have to share shit with us. Maybe this was not something you cared about but the next thing might. If I was as talented as many on this board I would not waste my time trying to show you how to do anything, because of all the attitude. Lucky for you I am not that talented so no great loss. Later.

 

Definately easier to ride this bike then one that was mint. Nice job and thanks for posting. I don't think some of these guys understand you are an ARTIST and doing this for a CUSTOMER ($$$$$) Thanks for the post....

 

Thanks for sharing your techniques, you are one talented dude.

 

I think it looks great.. I could only assume that as this bike gets used it will age the patina, that Josh has started, on its own.. It probably ages pretty quickly acutally seeing how there is quite a bit of bare metal.. The paint will dull out too because I dont think the owner will be waxing it!

 

Thanks Josh, for the tips. I tried to post a question about this "Patina".And all I got was silly answers. Hey Urban said whats up!