Oxidized/peeling clear coat?

[chrisjlittle]

I'm building a blazer scaler, and I'm going for the redneck mud truck look-a real low budget shadetree clunker. Seems to me most old chevy's had problems with the clearcoat oxidizing and peeling really bad, and I want to get that look on my lexan body. Any ideas? I'd rather not paint the outside of the body, becuase the way I drive it won't last a battery pack

This is what I'm talking about:

[extreme]

i think i know a way, its a lil complicated though, good for a write up i'll try to get it all down, but remember i havnt tried it im just speculating

first a coat of liquid mask, then have micheal j fox cut out some cicles, after that remover the inner sections of the pealed clear.

once there removed we need to create the edge around them, id make a rough stencil that matched the basic shapes of the un pealed clear, so you can get a tight crisp light edge on the inner parts of the peeled clear creating that pealing edge (done very lightly with a reduced white, and a slight tint of the original color, blending colors in the edges will help it look 3d, then after that id very very tightly spray some of the original "good color" running very tight along the "peeled edges" leaving more exposed in some spots and less in others, then mix that original good color with some white and spray the rest of the insides peeled ares....

do you need a demonstration?

[chrisjlittle]

Originally Posted by extreme

do you need a demonstration?

No, I need someone to do it for me

Seriously though, I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks for the pointers.

[msd44]

Hum... I wonder how busy Micheal J Fox is... hahaha...

[pilotshaner]

If it was an original paint job from the 60-70s it was an enamel and was not cleared. If it was painted in the early 80-s then most likely it was cleared but even then they still used enamel till the 90s. the paint on the chevelle you showed was from a paint job in the 90s and it was in the sun a lot and it was not adhered well which was a problem at that era.

[BBinVA]

I read a post earlier about how Goo-Gone messed up a guys finish. This may very well be the effect your looking for. He said it left a whiteish haze and removed the clear coat leaving an uneven texture behind. An added bonus would be that this is on the outside and can be felt as well as seen.

What not to use on the outside of you freshly painted body

[team3six]

Thats simple. paint the shell whatever color you want on the inside. Then tear up mask and lay it out on the body. Then spray a can of testors clear coat over the shell a few times. Let dry, peal away the tape. Done.

if its a hard shell. paint the color you want on the outside. rough up the area with some steel wool where the paint will be pealed from. place the masking tape over those area's and spray a couple coats of clear. peal up mask. Done