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Awesome job! 
now go get a tetanus shot! 
now go get a tetanus shot!
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that looks so realistic! well done
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OOOO Ahhhh! Yea, that looks real good. What is the chunky stuff you sprayed the outside with?
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Very nice I'm impressed!
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That turned out great!
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NICE!! Stellar work!
I decided to weather my wife's WoW-themed computer case and found that (of all things) cinnamon and chili powder dusted onto some wet black and/or metal-colored airbrushed paint can make some fairly convincing rust.
The shop smelled amazing for a few weeks afterward. LOL!
I decided to weather my wife's WoW-themed computer case and found that (of all things) cinnamon and chili powder dusted onto some wet black and/or metal-colored airbrushed paint can make some fairly convincing rust.
The shop smelled amazing for a few weeks afterward. LOL!
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Salt. You layer it with each coat of paint, acts as a mask.
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That came out amazing!! I’m going to have to look into doing the same thing now with my son’s computer.
I give you 9.5 stars out of 10 for your paint job. That doesn't leave much room for improvement. You have obviously done this before, you're pretty good at it.
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Now just wait for the rest of the car to rust
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I'm pretty sure that we can restore that body back to new with some careful work!
It looks very realistic! I love it!!!
It looks very realistic! I love it!!!
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Awesome job.
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Thank you very much! It is actually my first patina, just got lucky.
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Well, it's awesome! You couldn't have told me otherwise that you're not a pro!
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I've painted a few bodies over the years. Always for myself and close friends, never wanted to try and do it for profit. Not really that great at it as I'm not fast and I can't cut straight lines very well. I think that's partly why the patina came out so well, it's all random, no precision to it. I want to do another one or two, so we'll see if there's any skill that transfers into them! I think there's a few things I might do differently as far as mixing paint manufacturers go.
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