"One of the easiest methods for aging glass, mirrors, silverware or any other materials is to lightly spray the item with spray mount (aerosol glue) and then use a sifter to dust the item with dirt, baby powder or any other fine powder. Powdered grout (found in the tile/ceramics section) comes in a HUGE variety of colors, such as browns, grays and greens. Pick the smallest, cheapest bag – you won’t need much. Spray mount can be found at any hardware store or art store. Get one with a “light” hold."
Saturday, September 3, 2011
The Grunge
Stacey Ransom offers up a great aging technique using spray adhesive and powdered grout. I've used a similar method, but wasted a lot of time blending colored powders from charcoal and chalk pastels ground in a spice grinder. It never even occurred to me that such a cheap and readily available supply of colored powders was available.
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uuuh! That is usefull! Thanks!
Prop makers for cowboy films use a similar technique for aging cowboy hats to make them grungy. They take a common refillable spray bottle and use a mixture of very fine dust or powder. When you spray portion of a hat, for example the water soaks in along with a quantity of powder, the rest of the powder remains on the surface. After the hat is dry you have a realistic sweat line. On an uglier note, antique counterfeiters use the same technique to get age up a fake item and to get dust into fine cracks of furniture. For further reading on the subject I suggest an excellent series of crime novels by Jonathan Gash (Dr. John Grant) called the Lovejoy series of which there are twelve: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovejoy_%28novel_series%29 See also the British TV series Lovejoy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovejoy . Although not Lovecraftian, the Lovejoy character grows on you.
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