I painted movie sets for many years and I watched you with interest. My work was always judged by some of the worlds best decorators and art directors. There are a lot of pointers I am tempted to give you but I'll give you two. 1. When doing rust use at least two colors. If you would add just a little raw sienna to your burnt sienna it would make your eyes much happier You said that when you say burnt umber you mean raw sienna. It looks like burnt umber on my screen but anyway use those two colors together. Also all the pros that I worked and they were definitely pros (we were in the IATSE union and got paid really well" we didn't use black much for character painting. Black really only shows up when there has been fire. Try something like raw umber it is dark but not so harsh. I said two but I'll give you a third when the art director took me over to see the full size mock up of the Voyager spacecraft for the first Star Trek Movie he said it ad to look a couple thousand years old. on of the techniques that we used was to put a little vivid royal blue and copper color togetherj just a little it looks like when the metal gets hot and then cools. Try it you'll see what I mean. You do really good work and I enjoyed watching you.
@MrVbobby Maybe you could show some of those techniques hands on with some videos in your channel... 😏 Just an idea...cause we could all learn and improve with your years of experience shared
I worked with a guy named John, he was a painter for Robo Cop movie, he showed me so many different ways of painting things to get whatever effect you wanted, he was amazing.
I really enjoy your techniques and the way you present them. Your voice is very easy to listen to, and as soon as I figure out which famous person it sounds like, I'll be happier! Until then, I'll keep watching and learning. Very rat-isfying rustification!
This is such a fine thing. Thank you for sharing your tricks. I will use it for an bicycle trailer (which is just black plastics, but very well rounded like the cars from 1950s and 1960s) and there will be big rusty logo on it
We go through quite a bit every week, so this is a great way to keep them from going into a landfill! You can also up the amount you use in this technique for a REALLY aged look.
These are fantastic! Thank you! Inspiring work! I'm wondering though, could these two techniques be combined? Could you add the coffee grounds to the base layer, and then proceed with the rest of the hair spray version? I'm wondering if using the stiff bristled brush to remove the paint would also remove the coffee grounds?
While I absolutely love your work are you aware that there is an real iron paint by Modern Masters out there that can be used on almost anything. What you get is real rust when a rusting solution is applied to it. I use the peroxide, salt, vinegar mix to rust it. It has held up outside for 10 years. It’s much quicker. Even sticks to plastic. Keep up the great work.
@@VanOaksProps I tried the Modern Masters rust product, the effect was disappointing to day the least - considering the price. I ended up improvising with craft paint, and most of the spices in the pantry. Can you suggest an alternative to hairspray? I want to try your technique.
Hi! Thanks for nice technique. i am wondering whether using this method on metal could work too and could be sealed with laquer afterwards to keep the decoration durable for some years?) thanks
Good day, Thank you for your effort. All your videos are simply detailed and nicely presented. Got a question, I am not able to see the underneath colours you sprayed, I see only brown, maybe when looking close you can see but for viewers didn't or I didn't? Thank you in advance for your reply and time. Best wishes.
Can you give the name of the “ blue/grey” color. I used you link, but it gives Apple barrels entire color collection and not directly to the “blue/grey” color you use. I am using his tutorials for my mixed media projects! These are awesome. I am a fan of making paper and canvas looking like the real deal of metal, marble and wood. Keep these videos coming and thank you for the share of products used.
In my experience adding the clear helps to prevent the acrylic from softening due to exposure to moisture, which prevents additional chipping and that's the larger issue.
Thank you for sharing. Do you think this would work on metal? I have a metal framed table I want to distress, not sure if I could use the same techniques used on wood.
Could the first method be used with regular interior paint? I plan on doing this to a large tool box and I would probably need around 500 tubes of the craft style acrylic paint you used. Thanks for your time. Love the video and you channel keep up the great work.
I sanded it, primed and all the same steps with spray paint first. All that would be left is hairspray and paint and the your magical dry brush technique. So fingers crossed for me. Thanks for the help👍🏼
@@VanOaksProps I'll give it a go and let you know, or I've used vaseline before then painted and wiped of when dry. I love experimenting,thanks for replying 👍🏽
I'm sure you're a lot younger than me but that sounds like the music from The Ghost and Mr Chicken. A very very old movie that was my favorite growing up. Lol I like the first one better but they was both pretty cool! Thank you
@@VanOaksProps I don't think they did. I was talking about the original. LOL I'm pretty old but I love love that movie no matter how old I get! BTW that was the first time I seen one of your shows and I really liked it a lot. I subscribed and I'm going to start following you! Thank you for some great information!
Wouldn't the hairspray create a weak bond between the acrylic paint and the base coats? or is the topcoat enough to protect anything from happening? I paint very rarely so it feels sketchy but I assume this is well tried and tested (':
Do you think the rusted paint technique would work out alright for an interior door in our house? Are the paints pretty sturdy, or do they have any flaking issues?
I don't see why they wouldn't work for interior doors, but I've never tried it. If anything, any additional chipping will enhance the look of the paint. I would, however, suggest applying some kind of clear coat once you're happy with how it looks to seal everything in.
Hi I know this may sound strange.... but I want to rust up a red wagon. The inside seat area shows some rusty areas, however, the for some reason (could be a different type metal) the outside and wheel rims do not. What method would you recommend? Or is there another method you could suggest? I would love it if you could make a video with a small red wagon. Thanks so much!
@@VanOaksProps yes I’ve watched all your videos... they are great. I’m just not sure of the best technique .... and if I should keep the red paint as the base on wagon. And the black as base on the tow snd handle. The wheels are white plastic, so thinking those should be black base. If you ever decide to rust a red wagon ( most are wanting to restore) I’d definitely be interested in learning from you. The last thing I rusted was a galvanized tub. And I just painted it with rustoleum rust umber spray paint. Thanks so much!!
I’d start with a quick google image search to see if I could find some reference photos to help with the decision making on what should get rusted versus what should look faded. For example, I would think that the red would fade overall (since red paint oxidized faster than most colors) and would only have rust in the areas where water would have collected over time. So depending on the look you’re going for it could be a mix of techniques. I definitely wouldn’t base coat anything though since rust would form over the existing paint in most cases.
Good question! It's hard for me to say considering I live in California where we get no weather. In theory, the paints should be fine since they're all weather resistant. I can say that the pieces I used to make this video have sat outside since it was filmed and with a few rain storms and hot sunny days they look exactly the same.
I'm just doing my bikes mudguard. I'm hoping with a coat or two of matt topcoat, it should be okay. Doing the rest of my bike soon!!! Rainy UK resident!
Reason is for restoring military items first world war as display models in museums. So it won’t be outdoors at all. Was just wondering if over the years all of it would come off or not even with several layers of clear coat?
