Make your own DIY Rust Pastes with Heather Tracy for The Graphics Fairy!
Hi everybody! It's Toni here and I'm going to show you how to make yourself some cheap as chips rust paint. So if you're thinking of entering our Let's Fake it Challenge, this could be just what you need to get started. I don't know about everyone out there, but I love shopping for new crafty goods. My budget, however, does not always stretch as far as I would like! This means that I am sometimes too precious with my goodies, tending to 'hoard', rather than 'use' them. This hit home when I found that some rather delicious paints I had hoarded, had in fact dried up when I came to use them. Not good, but entirely my own fault. So without further ado, here goes....... I've read various recipes on the internet but this one works for me. It's not an exact science, so there is a certain amount of mixing and adding ingredients, to suit your own style or type of project you're working on. These are the ingredients I've used.... Silver Sand PVA Glue All purpose Filler, cheapest you can get, for those in the UK, try Poundland Acrylic Paints in Yellow Ochre Raw Umber Red Oxide Raw Sienna Black Once again, cheap paints work fine! You will also need a palette knife for mixing and some airtight containers for storing the rust paint. I started by adding a good squeeze of PVA to a small container, followed by another good squeeze of filler compound..... I mixed this up with my palette knife and then started adding sand, spoonful by spoonful, mixing each one in thoroughly. After mixing in about 5 spoonfuls of sand, I then added a generous squeeze of Raw Sienna paint. This thinned the mixture down, so I added more sand, spoon by spoon, until I had a nice grainy but spreadable texture.I was surprised by the amount of sand the mixture was able to absorb, so to ensure that it would actually stick to a surface, I added another dollop of PVA. This little pot full, then became the base for all the other colours. I got together a few small lidded containers and scooped out some of the base mixture into each pot I then added a squirt of a different colour, to each one. This is how they looked.... From the middle left, clockwise, Raw Sienna base colour, Raw Umber added to base, Yellow Ochre added to base, Red Oxide added to base and finally a touch of black added to base. Use black sparingly, as it can completely overwhelm the base colour. I'm still amazed at how much rust paint I managed to get out of the original base pot. In order to see what the paint was like when it was dry, I painted some pieces of card with each colour. I was very pleased with the texture and also that it bonded really well to the surface without any grains of sand falling away. I also ran the cards through my embossing machine, and labelled them for future reference. As I was very satisfied with the rust paints I'd created, I decided to use them to decorate a note book. This gave me the opportunity to try them out on a variety of different surfaces. The decorative elements I've used on the book include, fabric, card, chipboard, and metal. I applied the paint in a dabbing motion with a well used bristle brush. Here are some close ups .... This is from the back cover....... This is how it looks on metal....... and card........ This is the front cover with fabric collaged, then stencilled with modelling paste before applying the various colours of rust paint. I hope you've enjoyed today's Inspiration Post. I would love it if you decided to give DIY rust paint a whirl and if you do, please feel free to share your results with us for our Let's Fake It Challenge, as I'd love to see the results! Until next time, 'Happy Crafting' x
Ann Kate Davidson
I'm hoping this abstraction yields an eyegasm or two for my viewers. : )
Make your own DIY Rust Pastes with Heather Tracy for The Graphics Fairy!
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"Southern Relic" Progress photo showing metal piece and iron paint. When I was wandering around the French Quarter in New Orleans last month at the Golden training workshop, I kept an eye on the ground for treasures - you need to do watch out anyhow because the pavement is so uneven. This old piece of metal was one of my finds. To make more rusted patterns around the piece of metal, I applied iron paint over textured paper and molding paste. For more information, click here to go to my website.
Machine stitch on rust dyed and painted fabric.
Last week I went on a treasure hunt in the barn lot Rust Hunting Click Images to Enlarge: This is what I brought home in the bed of the pick up... I love this rusty gear Montgomery Ward Stove Door The side of the rusty stove This rust is bright orange! Brad's Rusty Pick Up Truck Brad's pick up has the coolest rust patterns....all over it! I am lusting after Brad's rust! Do you think he will mind if I drape vinegar soaked fabric all over his rusty pick up? Hey, the tailgate comes off... He could leave that home for me to rust! Unfortunately, this pick up is used daily for farm chores. It never sits still long enough for me to rust any fabrics on it! Rusty Horse Shoes This fabric started out white... This is what it looked like on day 4 of the rusting process Rusty Horse Shoes Day 5....soaked in salt and baking soda, then washed in the washing machine. This piece came out soft like silk. Rusty Saw Blades I plan to create sunflowers with this piece Buffalo on Rusted Fabric A work in-progress... Horses on Rusted Fabric A work in-progress... When the weather warms up a bit, I plan to rust more fabrics with the new rusty treasures I found. Rusting Instructions: Soak your white fabric in vinegar (any kind of vinegar). Lay the rusty items on the fabric. Wrap the fabric around the rust. You can wrap it with wire to keep the rusty objects in contact with the fabric. Place it in a plastic bag. Put out in the sun for 4 or 5 days. The last day I take it out of the plastic bag and allow the oxygen to get to it while it is drying out. Soak the fabric in a bucket of water with 1 cup of baking soda and 1 cup of salt. Next day, throw it in the washing machine and dryer. Tips: Use very good quality broadcloth or egyptian cotton. DO NOT use cheap muslin. DO NOT open up the bag and keep checking on the rusting process. CLICK HERE: to see My Quilts CLICK HERE to view Rust Fabric that has been painted CLICK HERE to view Mixed Media Rust Quilt CLICK HERE to view The Cow Pony Rust Quilt In this post I give you lots of tips and hints for machine quilting your rusted fabrics. May Your Bobbin Always Be Full, LuAnn
Did you ever think that the words beautiful, rusted and metal art works would be used in the same sentence? The odds that you have never imagined this if you
