[TheForge] Metal coloring question.

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Spray it with dark brown paint.  Before it dries completely, spray  it 
with a light brown coat of paint.  Immediately work it with a brush to 
create a grained looked.  Haven't done this since the early eighties 
when woodgraining was briefly popular on hot-rods.    You can probably 
find a better description and pointers on the technique by doing a 
google on faux woodgrain paint.  Oh, hell, I just went and did it:  here 
is  a good link:

http://www.faux-painting-techniques.com/wood_graining.html


Charles


Phlip wrote:

>Guys,
>
>I have one of those garage shelter type of things that I'll be using as my
>smithing shelter at SCA events. It's quite adequate for the job- I've bought
>fabric to cover the silver tarp roof, and to make walls, but the poles are
>glaringly white painted metal. I suppose I could replace the ones which
>touch the ground with wooden poles, but I'd like to color them all with a
>faux wood looking finish. Anybody have any ideas about something that would
>work, and be reasonably chip resistant? It doesn't have to be perfect, just
>less obtrusive...
>
>Saint Phlip,
>CoDoLDS
>
>"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
> Blacksmith's credo.
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> If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
>cat.
>
>Never a horse that cain't be rode,
>And never a rider who cain't be throwed....
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