Hi List,
What do you's reckon about painting a bus to look like rust.

I am contemplating painting my bus in ferrous rich paint and rusting it with an activator.

any thoughts?

vsleepy
:P

im confused as to why the hell one would wish to create more rust that would create more expense in the long term... but hey thats just me

just sand it back and leave it outside for a few weeks, then paint it with clear coat

the clear coat will just fall off..

if u paint that ferrous paint over a good solid primer, or good old paint, you have the rust l;ook w/o actually rusting metal - go for it man!

damn

kornkobb,
that was the plan, as the bus is pretty rust free (but ugly as hell) i don't want to add rust to the bus, but put a layer of epoxy primer between the rust and the body.

So this way i can keep all the dents cause they just add character. wouldn't be much point in doing it if the bus was straight as a die.

The company that makes the rust paint (3 part) mentions that you can clear coat over it, but i'll probably use one of their patina products go give it that really old left in a paddock for 30 years look.

I just have to try and convince them to export to australia...
vs

*did* , if i sand it back, all the bog will be exposed

[ Edited on 22-12-2005 by vsleepy ]

epoxy primer is tough as nails too.. sounds like your all set man just gotta get the paint here

Do you mean like the Monster Garage Beetle?

Here are a few links on how they did it.
Think it would look cool just dont lean on it in your best whites!

http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=635717&highlight=jesse#635717 

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_painting/article/0,1789,HGTV_3282_1382283,00.html 

T54

[ Edited on 22-12-2005 by Turbo54 ]

the paint i want to get already has the iron in it, but unlike the local varients, this stuff sets hard enough to polish. I just contacted alpha chemicals (australia) to get hold of some of the ingredients needed to make a platina solution to recreate the crustyness on the metal(paint) surface. cuprous acetate, copper carbonate etc..
should be fun, and cheaper than getting the body fixed

try the hoodride forums for a million and one ways, or if you really want to turn heads, just sand blast it and let mother nature have here way. sounds sweet either way!

I've just done my lowrider the same way and it came up sh*t hot. Ya don't see many lowrider rats around..
Do it and make sure you post some pics.

go get a Craig Fraiser DVD off eBay, airbushing rust is a not that hard using base coats.

Can also get clear coat coatings, like rustbullet and POR-15 I've heard..(they aren't clear, but you know what I mean)

For example:

Make sure you also venture inside with a bit of rust-o-ration


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