DIY Faux Metal Letter

by Allie O'Bray

4 Materials

$10

1 Hour

Easy

I have been dying to try this project for so long. Do you love antique vintage items like me? This vintage, rusted "metal" O isn't actually metal and you can't even tell! It's cardboard and I will show you step by step how you can make your own!

Can you believe this “metal” O isn’t actually metal. It’s cardboard but you can’t even tell. It was something I was so excited to make because I bought a DIY rust paint kit, and have been dying to use it.

To start out I laid the cardboard O on the towel to get ready to paint.

I painted the O gray. It took 2 layers to cover the letter completely. I let it dry fully in between layers.

Once the second layer was dry I used a metallic silver paint.

This also took a couple layers.

Once the last layer of metallic paint was dry I was able to use my rust paint. I haven’t ever used it before so it was a bit of trial and error. The paint set I bought came with two different shades.

I brushed it on the edges where rust would naturally go. The second paint color was a light brown that I brushed lightly on top of the dark paint once it dried. Like I mentioned it was a lot of experimenting because I hadn’t used this rust kit before.

I loved the fact that it was chunky because it actually looked like layers were peeling off like it was actually an old rustic piece that had sat there for years.

It turned out to be super easy and I loved the look it gave. It looks so cute on my wall of O’s.

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