Julie: Patina is in. I would leave them just the way they are and let them age with dignity. But I defer to the artist, you, to make the final decision. Sammie julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx wrote: I want to hear what you have to say about this. The passenger door on my '71 is covered with dripping flowers. At first I thought that it looked like an accident but the previous owner/artist said the "tears" were intentional and they sort of grew on me but sort of not. Some of the paintings are fading. The ones I love, I'm refreshing and a couple of the smaller ho-hum ones, I'm replacing. Should I keep and refresh my sad flowers or should I replace them with something new? Here's a picture: http://picasaweb.google.com/julie.hey.ho.lets.go/SadFlowers/photo#s5160356464317705314 The one suggestion that I'm not going to consider is to bring my door back to stock. I have posted this here and on our new fancy-shmancy website to reach both the old school and new school folks.