" How To " antique a Bike Part....

[Clothespin n]

Well,I have posted before about The 1949 Cleveland Welding
Springers I bought from "YESHONEY"

I decided to Antique them today so they matched the
Rusty/Old Patina that The Head tube has on The Rollfast.

I started with The Red Oxide Primered Forks I bought from
YESHONEY

I primed them with a 100% Acrylic..WHITE

I then took some of my daughter Water Colored Paints and
mixed some Yellow and Red and brushed it out.

I then mixed some Brown and Red and slopped it on

I then Fogged it all out with some Red Oxide Primer( spray can )

I then used some very coarse steel whool and scratched it
off in the usuall Wearing spots.

I then went over it all with some Orange to give it
a Rusty look...

I will clear coat it all later( with Amber Shelac )
to keep it looking old :lol: :lol: :lol:

peace,
Kev.

 

[Markm]

Very Cool Kev.!!!!!

 

[Clothespin n]

Very Cool Kev.!!!!!

thanks Bro,

Kev.

 

[Markm]

why don't ya move out here and we;ll open a shop!!

 

[october]

you have mad skillz...

no, really... those came out great!


oct.

 

[Clothespin n]

... those came out great!

Thanks Chris,
they will all come together when I spray on some Amber Shelac..

It was fun...
peace,
Kev.

 

[yeshoney]

!!!~!!!~!!!

Came out .......' Cool. Let's see a pic of the whole bike when you get it back together!

 

[new_dharma]

that looks great!
I've done the 'fake aging' on wood and metal picture frames for my GF, but NEVER thought to do it on bike parts!

 

[aka_locojoe]

You're really sumthin Kev. That's more work and detail than I put into my projects trying to make them look good.

 

[Clothespin n]

You're really sumthin Kev. That's more work and detail than I put into my projects trying to make them look good.

thanks,
but it honestly took me about 45 minutes..
you just start out with what the part ( Head Tube ) would
have looked like at new and go from there....if yaa muck up..sand it a bit and go again.easy ..peazy..

Here's a wide angle shot of the whole bike..
and my daughter had a hand in The Photography..
hence, my ugly Mug in the shot :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

and my little Mechanic helper...

peace,
Kev.

 

[Markm]

cool

 

[Hotdoggin']

That is sick.

The paint looks awesome. That front fork is crazy. Love the red side walls on the tires too.

 

[yustin]

man, that bike is nice, good job.

 

[xddorox]

That is an awesome technique Kev. Kinda reminds me of my model building tricks for weathering airplanes and tanks. Pretty cool stuff in 1/1 scale.

 

[Clothespin n]

Thanks again guys..
Kev.

 

[user 135]

wow nice job. You make it looks much easier than it probably is. If I tried that I would just bumble through it.


I think think this is one of the longest post in this short amount of time.

 

[bonez]

Hey Kev, this was very inspiring 2 me! Excellent worksmanship!
I really digg those old springers n even more w/ a patina. Thumbs up!
Rat on!

 

[Easy Skywalker]

Nice antique-ing job! Bike turned out really cool!!!

 

[mastershake916]

It really does match.
I have never seen a fork quite like that one, and I must say that I do enjoy it.

 

[Clothespin n]

Thanks guys..

I just spent the good part of half the day
reworking The Rollfast..
Pic's are going to be in the Gallery..

Thanks again for the comments.
peace,
Kev.