![]() So, is this just another season of trend? In 50 years, will patina still be popular? Or are we going to look back at ratty muscle cars with the same feelings of regret we have for bowl cuts and parachute pants? It’s everywhere.īut its popularity has historically ebbed and flowed. And, like all fads, the patina craze has returned-from home decorating to jewelry, car styling to fashion. (In this case, hip Renaissance artists.) In fact, by the 1700s, people were so crazy for the patina fad that some artists actually began blowing tobacco smoke over their paintings to artificially age them, hoping it would sweeten the asking price.Īnd like all trends-in all times-the patina fad eventually puttered out, slowly fading into the background, as a culture of mass production and mass consumption took over, held aloft only by us weirdos who love the smell of old books and see thrift shops as modern treasure troves. ![]() Has this recent wave of patina craze taken things too far?īut like all things that get deeply woven into culture, eventually a bunch of young bohemians come along and “rediscover” it, making it trendy and new. The kind that carries indicators with it-like class and lineage and unnaturally good posture. Expensive, new things might show people you have money-but expensive items wearing generations of patina? Well, that tells people you have old money. Pliny the Elder of ancient Rome (Yea, THAT far back) wrote extensively on the different kinds of patina, including those that were artificially applied.Īnd for centuries, patina evolved from a simple marker of age to an authenticator of status. In fact, some of the oldest-known references we have to patina are-sorry to say-the fake kind. “ Nothing more vomit-making than faux-tina.” The funny thing is, faux patina isn’t anything new. I hate faux patina since it’s not original to the car or its history.” “ I like originality-but something is only original once. Patina for the sake of patina is old hat.” “ A work in progress can definitely be respected, but a rusty pile of sh*t is just that,” adds one enthusiast.īut the one thing nearly all of these keyboard warriors seem to agree on? Faux patina is a faux pas. Some respect the patina, but take issue with the rust. But the aim was always to return it back to its glory days. “ In my youth, if you bagged a barn find that no one had messed with, you were lucky. Others see it as but one part of a larger process. “ Anybody can have a shiny new paint job, but faded and rusty fenders are a statement! No wash, no wax, no worry,” says one forum commenter. Some see it as a practical way of making your ride stand out. Photo Credit: CL Photography Within car culture, the Patina Wars wage on-especially as rat-rodding continues to gain popularity. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Yea, that’s a new Dodge Hellcat sporting a patina vinyl wrap. We snatch them up at yard sales and flea markets, treat them to some upcycling or restoration and then coin terms like “shabby chic” and “antique primitives” to justify their new, inflated pricing.Īnd well, some us imitate natural patina, prematurely aging an object in the hopes of achieving a look or adding some legitimacy to it. So much so, that we put them on dainty white pedestals under mood lighting in multi-million-dollar museums and charge people money to look at them, while simultaneously forbidding them from speaking above a whisper. And as simple-minded humans obsessed with our own mortality, we are downright fascinatedby old things. It’s a badge of sorts-a battle-weathered scar bearing testimony to all the lives an object has lived. ![]() I can't think of any other way to explain it, and he's computer illiterate, that's why I'm asking for him.The textbook definition of patina is “a green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long period.” And similarly, “a gloss or sheen on a surface resulting from age or polishing.” But really, patina is much more than a simple oxidized layer of dust. ![]() Kevin Lee, right now, it's covered in oil which does make it shiny and darkens the rust, and while it is sort of unnatural, it looks good, except that it's messy to touch, and attracts a lot of dust, but he really like the way it looks. I think the Gibbs, penetrol, or boiled linseed oil, and bowling alley wax all sound like good suggestions, I'll tell him to experiment with these. The truck looks just right now, and he'd like to use it and at least slow the rust. And yes, he likes the way it looks, that's why he's trying to preserve it in this state, rather than let it progress, which it will quickly now that the paint is failing, he doesn't want a rust bucket. Click to expand.It didn't sit outside for 50 yr's (actually it would be more like 60) it spent most of it's time in a barn or garage, if it sat outside in pa all those years, we wouldn't even be havin' this discussion, it'd be gone.
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