Dirty Down Rust Effect

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By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Thoroughly stir the mixture and ensure that solids on the bottom of the pot are fully mixed into the liquid. The paint is spraying easily with no clogging or other issues, and the early colour impression looks, well, rusty! Apply a small amount of water to the rust paint and either allow to dry on its own, or dry by dabbing with a piece of kitchen roll or tissue.

Fine mist spray that deposits a semi-transparent layer of gentle coloured dye that creates a dirty, old or aged look. It’s very important to thoroughly shake the pot with the ball bearings rattling before each and every use. If for any reason rust paint has dried onto a brush, soak the brush in methylated spirits to fully clean, (but check first that this will not damage the brush). The tank image above and other images below were taken from the review below by Roman at Massive Voodoo – please follow the link below to read more. When fully dry, rust paint can be made more permanent by spraying with fine/mist coats of acrylic varnish/lacquer.You can also shake the bottle to mix all the sediment together, but this way is quicker and less laborious! This image shows yellow rust dabbed onto a sheet of black plastic using a piece of kitchen roll to create a rough, broken effect. About a week after I sprayed the Leman Russ I decided to go back and stick a little water on the door, just to see if it still reacted. Its very important to thoroughly shake the pot with the ball bearings rattling before each and every use. When washed, leaves yellow/green stains on fabric, but this can be good when doing a sweat or dirt effect.

The more the paint evaporates, the thicker and darker the paint gets (may not be possible to spray if too thick).The dark coloured liquid dries to a high matt rust colour in 1 to 5 minutes depending on the temperature. More rust paint can be removed if desired, so that only the smallest amounts are left trapped in grooves and indents.

Rust effect paint, Moss Effect paint and Verdigris effect paint are water soluble high matt effects. I only tried a little of this but it definitely worked and with more time and effort you could get some great results.

Very light shades can be obtained by dabbing a very small quantity when it has slightly dried, similar to the “dry brushing” technique. High matt rust effect paint that simulates atmospheric oxidisation of aged metals on non-porous surfaces such as plastic and metal. Dirty Down is available from dealers throughout the United Kingdom including England, Northern Ireland and Scotland and dealers in other EU countries including Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eastonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden.

A different rust effect is obtained depending on whether a stiff brush, cloth or tissue is used to apply the paint. Here’s a finished shot, and then a comparison to some tanks that have been rusting underwater for a few decades.So first off I’ve used a variety of acrylic and non-acrylic rust solutions in the past, and despite having only had one play with Dirty Down Rust I am super impressed. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. In this tutorial, we’ve used some railings to showcase the rust effects, but you can use any miniature or piece of terrain that needs weathering. The variations in shade were created by applying the paint in patches, more in some areas than others.