Ever had a piece of furniture you wish looked like metal? This technique will give you an industrial feel with your home decor using paint!

I’ll show you achievable faux metal paint techniques with just a few colors of paint. My tutorial below will work on just about anything. I just happened to be painting a letter today. I’m using this this fun paper mache letter, it’s just over 2 feet tall. I gave it a cool faux metal appearance...Read More »

Get the perfect patina paint faux metal look with easy to use metal finish paints. Works on wood, ceramics, glass, canvases & walls too.

Easily create a faux galvanized finish with this 5 step tutorial on any metal surface like the small houses featured or anything else you find.

Learn how to create realistic looking rust with this easy faux rust technique for your home decor. The simple ingredient is cinnamon!

Random Sample 2: Mary Walker’s Patina Project Part Two Let’s go back to Mary’s project. She wanted a finish for the home office that would also compliment her deep olive carpet and the same navy cast black fabric. Mary also wanted to use a geometric stencil in a silver color over a patina surface. I decided to do a version of an oxidized Lusterstone I have in my own home. Oxidized Lusterstone in my guestroom I started the finish over a “slate” appropriate Setcoat color-Black, Dark Brown, Royal Taupe, or Sage will all work. I selected Ebony Frost and Weathered Bronze Lusterstones for my rock base. Butter the trowel blade with the Weathered Bronze and spot in connecting areas lightly knocking down the peaks. The Ebony Frost is applied in the same way. I alternated the colors using 80% Ebony Frost and 20% of the Weathered Bronze. When the Lusterstone is dry, I used a sea sponge to spot in Magic Metallic Steel. The steel will give the Lusterstones a grayish cast. While the steel is still wet, I use another sponge to dab in Burnt Sienna Faux Crème Color thinned with glaze. You may work a 6’x6’ section at a time. Before a section dries, I spritz the surface with the Rapid Rust and then water to break and blend all my colors. Use a cloth to dab at any large runs and drips. The Rapid Rust does not react immediately so don’t over do this product or the whole wall will be all rust hiding the other colors! You can always add more of each color later. Before my surface dries totally (the wall will feel cold but not wet), I rolled a coat of Varnish Plus Dull. Quickly the Varnish Plus will frost and turn a pale blue green. I use a putty blade to scrape off areas creating the shale effect of slate. Wait overnight for these layers to dry and then seal the reaction with a coat of the Varnish Plus Dull. For the subtle silver accent that Mary wanted, I used Wheat Metal Glow over the “Hudson” stencil from the Loft 101 line by Sheri Zeman. We love the pattern but the stencil is a little thick and heavy. Unless you have an extra set of hands, I would suggest hat-banding the room in the stencil color so you don’t have to deal with edges and corners. I lightly load a foam roller with the metallic and then off load onto a clean paper plate to evenly distribute the color. Alternating my roller pressure will create a varied faded effect. The finish worked so well, we added it to our Makeover Class as a tile finish that we teach at Surfaces and our class for Gary Lord’s Studio this summer in Cincinnati. (Sources: Faux Effects, Magic Metallics, and Loft 101 Stencil)

This simple faux metal paint finish will make even a plain thrift store frame look amazing. Only 2 colors of paint & tools you already have.

Get the perfect patina paint faux metal look with easy to use metal finish paints. Works on wood, ceramics, glass, canvases & walls too.

Scenic Artist, Angelique Powers, shares her technique for creating realistic faux steel, which she put to work on "Dutchman" and "The Owl Answers" at Penumbra Theatre.

Hi, this is Liz from Simple Decorating Tips a DIY and decorating blog. Creating a DIY faux aged metallic finish involved many layers to accomplish the look I wa…

Do you love a galvanized finish? Well, I'm sharing how to CREATE one on anything with this simple DIY Galvanized Finish Tutorial! Easy as 1-2-3!!

Step-by-step tutorial on how to get a faux corroded iron finish on wood!

Do you love the look of copper, but the price is prohibitive? You can create inexpensive faux copper and patina for a fraction of the cost.

Old weathered painted metal objects like a vintage road sign, or a abandoned car, or an enameled coffee pot, or even a zombie containment pod have a very unique patina. They have those specific areas of chipped or peeled paint, unlike wood or other surfaces, that just tell you at first glance it's made of steel. Designer Ken Wingard and I worked together recently on a retro marquee sign wall prop DIY project that although was actually made of wood, had a vintage metal faux finish treatment that sold it as the real deal. It's a super simple trick I picked up from a scenic artist I worked with many years ago. Here's how to do it. Four easy steps. I'm nicknaming it the "Route 66" look. Step 1 - Base coat your prop in a dark brown or similar dark rusted aged metal color paint. Go thick with. Once brushed on, pounce it, creating a more textured surface. Let dry completely. Step 2 - Pour ordinary grocery store salt over the areas on your prop you want to look aged (for this project we used heavier coarse ground salt, but finer ground would work too). For vertical portions, you can defy gravity and make a paste of salt and water and brush on. Step 3 - Spray paint your prop the color of choice. Let dry. Step 4 - Brush away salt. You can leave rough edges of paint infused salt or refine the faux finish with some sand paper. Any overall dusty haze the salt leaves easily wiped away with a damp rag or sponge. There ya go. An easy way to give your props a fairly realistic aged painted metal look.

Get the perfect patina paint faux metal look with easy to use metal finish paints. Works on wood, ceramics, glass, canvases & walls too.

Five easy paint finishes for all your DIYs, including vintage metal paint finishes, a weathered wood finish, and a copper patina paint finish

DIY Faux Patina Tutorial | How to create a faux patina with paint. Create a weathered aged patina finish on metal buckets.

Choosing the right paint for metals is critical as you want your results to last. You can easily rejuvenate metal patio furniture quickly or metal hardware to name a few.

Copper patina is a classic look, and it’s easier than you think to create a faux copper patina look on nearly anything you want! Copper is my favorite metal. I love its shiny, happy color. I usually can’t afford real copper things, so I do a lot of copper spray painting instead. But let’s be...

Ever had a piece of furniture you wish looked like metal? This technique will give you an industrial feel with your home decor using paint!

Five easy paint finishes for all your DIYs, including vintage metal paint finishes, a weathered wood finish, and a copper patina paint finish

Get the perfect patina paint faux metal look with easy to use metal finish paints. Works on wood, ceramics, glass, canvases & walls too.

You don’t need any fancy products to create this beautiful Patina finish. I’m going to show you how you can make your own chalk paint and create this authentic…