Faux Rusted Tin Plate and Re-do
by
Kaye
5 Materials
$10
4 Hours
Medium
I stumbled on an pressed tin burner cover for $1.00 at St. Vincent Thrift Shop. (Whoop, Whoop !!!) It was in perfect shape so naturally I wanted to make it look rusty and old.
The first step as always is to give it a good cleaning with Tuff Stuff. In my haste to experiment, I didn't take a picture until I wiped off the old purple flower.
I sprayed the entire piece with an even coat of copper metallic.
Using a sea sponge, I layered an acrylic grey and a color called North Sea by Ceramcoat.
After sponging on Burnt Sienna acrylic, I let everything dry overnight. Dissatisfied with the depth of color and wanting a more "real" rust look, I took a handful of grit and mixed it with Tacky Glue and water until the consistency allowed me to paint the mixture over the sponged areas.
The next day I went back to the acrylics and covered the shiny grit areas with more sponged layers of Burnt Sienna, North Sea Blue, Black and Brown.
I would like to make the rusted areas more shiny but I think that would defeat the whole rust idea. Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Kaye
OK, so after staring at it for a few days, I decided it was a no go. So, the paint remover came out and was liberally daubed on. Actually, if I could have figured out how to stop the paint remover from working, I would have quit part way through stripping.
I finished stripping the tin, applied white spray paint, then a final coat of metallic spray. Out came the sandpaper to highlight the pressed tin.
Thanks.
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