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Title: Old brass paint finish. Post by: Olds on April 23, 2015, 04:28:31 PM I want quite a bit of old brass detailing on the speedster. Some bits I will make but for some this would not be practical.
So I have been experimenting with paint finishes and have found a pretty good effect. This steel hand brake had been sand blasted and was primed and given a coat of matt black followed by Ford Arizona Gold. Areas that would be 'polished' were given about eight coats. This was left for 24 hours before a coat of Hammeriite black Stone Chip Shield was applied. This give a tough semi matt finish that is easily removed with T cut, before it fully hardens. If anyone has other ideas. please add to this post Title: Re: Old brass paint finish. Post by: Manky Monkey on April 23, 2015, 06:34:28 PM That's clever Dave.
Title: Re: Old brass paint finish. Post by: kapri on April 23, 2015, 06:49:14 PM I've used Copper and brass effect paint from B&Q before, think it's rustoleum make?
Title: Re: Old brass paint finish. Post by: Olds on April 23, 2015, 06:56:29 PM Have tried various combinations of paints and this is the best so far.
Haven't tried the Rustoleum copper yet. I generally don't want bits on the car to look 'new', in fact the older parts looks the better. Title: Re: Old brass paint finish. Post by: kapri on April 23, 2015, 09:16:46 PM I used it on various parts of the injection system on my A . A mate walked in and said " That looks like a traction engine " , " thanks, that's exactly what I was trying to achieve. It's easy enough to tone the copper and brass paints down with a very light dusting of matt black from a suitable distance.
Title: Re: Old brass paint finish. Post by: gazzagood on April 28, 2015, 04:15:49 PM Like that Dave looks like brass in the areas you want it to. NICE😘👍🏻
Title: Re: Old brass paint finish. Post by: saex69 on May 02, 2015, 08:53:18 PM Why not just make a hand brake lever out of brass with a steel liner for the release mechanism.
Title: Re: Old brass paint finish. Post by: Olds on May 03, 2015, 07:12:38 AM Why not just make a hand brake lever out of brass with a steel liner for the release mechanism. Mainly because of the time it would take. To remake this period handbrake in brass, would take days. Paint only took a couple of hours (it needed painting anyway) and was done mainly to see if a reasonable effect could be achieved easily. Not everyone has the facilities to make items like this, but anyone can use rattle cans. |