Thread: How to paint a rat rod to look like rust ?

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Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Ideas that occur to me are:

Stipple some glaze over the primer with an old brush, to give you some "bubbling" texture.

You could sand through thin color coats of "grayed out" paint, to show "weathering", especially on the top body surfaces. It always gets lighter as it chalks, so be sure to add some white. This sanding could also work on thin lettering in another color. As the paint breaks down, it will leave whitish streaks from rain run off.

Stipple the brown shade over the bubbling areas, and practice flicking brown paint speckles from an old toothbrush for random specks of rust.

Airbrush some orangey-brown streaking down the side, below the rust areas, to simulate the bleeding rust "run off".

Finish off with flat clear.

yes that is what i tired to say. but the chalking that is good .i think you could get that deep pit look with the brush strait in with the bristles some thined out red with black some steel wool or a sponge may work good to or plastic wrap you would have to slow the paint down a bit

srip it and drive it in the rain i dont do it but watched it done by a friend. he shot black base really thick and rough almost splatter paint, shot some red oxide over it and then went over it with red scotchbrite. after the red faded it looked old with rust showing thru. if i wanted that look i would strip it and leave it bare.