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speesh · 01-18-2015, 12:21 AM

To me patina looks unfinished. I have seen some trucks with patina that I would leave alone but if I want to see patina I can go out in the field and look at Rusty or Butch. I dont go to car shows to see what looks like a Walmart parking lot. Every car and truck I have ever owned has had " patina", I just called it damage. I am ready for a shiny paint job.
I guess that is a lot of it, a lot of people who like patina have had shiny, maybe they drive new cars too, so to them patina is "different". I have had patina all my life, I am not going to do all the work to restore a truck and leave it looking " junky"!
To each his (or her) own!!!!!!

01-18-2015, 12:21 AM	#49
speesh Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 318	Re: Patina Questions To me patina looks unfinished. I have seen some trucks with patina that I would leave alone but if I want to see patina I can go out in the field and look at Rusty or Butch. I dont go to car shows to see what looks like a Walmart parking lot. Every car and truck I have ever owned has had " patina", I just called it damage. I am ready for a shiny paint job. I guess that is a lot of it, a lot of people who like patina have had shiny, maybe they drive new cars too, so to them patina is "different". I have had patina all my life, I am not going to do all the work to restore a truck and leave it looking " junky"! To each his (or her) own!!!!!! __________________ 57 suburban(sitting in the driveway), 2 69 C20 longbeds (sitting in the field ) and a 2003 8.1 Suburban Endeavor to persevere. "All of a sudden, I'm the old timer!" Some old timer on American Pickers.