chaps!
ive got an idea for a car i own, its been done before plenty of times but i dunno how/if its been done effectively
id like my bodywork to be baremetal (scuffed up and raw), ie no paint at all. as is the common reason previous people have done this - id like to show off the fact that it's all steel (rear quarters for mine are in most cases made of either rust or bog, or japanese newspapers, front guards too now that theyre rare)
the obvious problem though is reliably guarding against rust and i dunno how to do it. ive heard suggestions ranging from rubbing wd40 into it every couple of days, to waxing it, to 'just' clearing it, to finding the same colour silver as the metalwork and just painting it that colour, to perhaps forgetting the idea and buying a kia (no metal, no cry!)
some have claimed to have done it by just clearing, and it looks great for a while, but in more than one case ive been told of (by the handsome chaps who've done it) tiny rust spots appear after a short while, warranting a cut back to fix it up. the people ive talked to have said it could either be moisture coming from the compressors they used which is causing the rust (water traps fitted but not all of them are that great at removing it all). or perhaps that its just a limitation of the kind of coating
im guessing what i probably could do with is something along the lines of a clear primer. i had it explained to me by someone why a typical primer cant be opaque, at least not as i want it, but me being a less than intelligent person, ive largely forgotten
the only other thing ive thought of is perhaps a clear rust preventative that'll be durable enough to use for the exterior of the car, no idea how that'll go though
im not after an immaculate result, the bodywork is going to be less than perfect (rust repaired, but far from arrow straight). just something that'll go on, stay on, stop it rusting, show the metalwork underneath, and look awesome to boot
does anyone know of such a product or technique that id be able to achieve this with?
ive got an idea for a car i own, its been done before plenty of times but i dunno how/if its been done effectively
id like my bodywork to be baremetal (scuffed up and raw), ie no paint at all. as is the common reason previous people have done this - id like to show off the fact that it's all steel (rear quarters for mine are in most cases made of either rust or bog, or japanese newspapers, front guards too now that theyre rare)
the obvious problem though is reliably guarding against rust and i dunno how to do it. ive heard suggestions ranging from rubbing wd40 into it every couple of days, to waxing it, to 'just' clearing it, to finding the same colour silver as the metalwork and just painting it that colour, to perhaps forgetting the idea and buying a kia (no metal, no cry!)
some have claimed to have done it by just clearing, and it looks great for a while, but in more than one case ive been told of (by the handsome chaps who've done it) tiny rust spots appear after a short while, warranting a cut back to fix it up. the people ive talked to have said it could either be moisture coming from the compressors they used which is causing the rust (water traps fitted but not all of them are that great at removing it all). or perhaps that its just a limitation of the kind of coating
im guessing what i probably could do with is something along the lines of a clear primer. i had it explained to me by someone why a typical primer cant be opaque, at least not as i want it, but me being a less than intelligent person, ive largely forgotten
the only other thing ive thought of is perhaps a clear rust preventative that'll be durable enough to use for the exterior of the car, no idea how that'll go though
im not after an immaculate result, the bodywork is going to be less than perfect (rust repaired, but far from arrow straight). just something that'll go on, stay on, stop it rusting, show the metalwork underneath, and look awesome to boot
does anyone know of such a product or technique that id be able to achieve this with?