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Rusting Iron Paint Kit

Rusting Iron Paint, Reactive rust effect Paint for arts, crafts, decoration

My Rusting Iron Paint contains a large amount of real iron particles which will rust naturally in the same way as a piece of solid iron would rust, if you treat it with our rusting catalyst solution it will start to show rust in 2 to 3 hours and give a natural looking completely rusted appearance in approximately 24 hours.

The paint is water based and gives a waterproof finish so can be used but inside and out. We also have a basecoat available which will seal the item that you want to turn rusty, this will both seal the item before the iron paint and help to protect the original item from the effect of the patina solution.

Each bottle contains 100ml of paint or rusting catalyst, the paint gives an even rich coat that is very easy to use covering most thing with 1 coat but we recommend 2 coats just to make sure that the finished rusty coat looks rich and natural.

There is enough of the rusting catalyst to coat the painted area twice, I normally spray the paint once just as it finishes drying and then again once the first layer of rusting catalyst has dried, this also gives you the opportunity to spray some areas twice and others just once which helps to give a more variegated finished look.

I have used this paint on many pieces of art from adding a rust effect to Warhammer pieces to making a simple pine gate look like a solid iorn sheet, the guttering around a house, garden ornaments, plant pots, picture frames, the bonnet and boot of an old VW Beetle, there are as many uses as you have ideas to try the paint on.

In the pictures you can see the effect the paint has on wood, cardboard, plastic drain pipe, expanded polystyrene and a plant pot but you can use it on almost anything including fabric and leather.

The catalyst can also be used as a stand alone product that will have the same affect on any clean iron surface.

To use the paint.

If you need to prime your item and have chosen to use our reactive paint primer then paint the surface of the item to make sure it is sealed, this will prevent it soaking up the reactive paint and allow for a better rusted patina finish, 1 or 2 coats will be OK, then leave until completely dry, overnight would probably be long enough but it does depend on the atmosphere that the material the item is made from.

For the reactive paint, once the primer is completely dry, give the item a coat of reactive paint and leave It to fully dry, then give it a second coat and mist it with the patina solution when it has just dried, be careful not to overspray the patina solution you don't want to create any "rivers" of solution that will wash off the paint.
Once the first application of the catalyst has started to dry you can spray it again, as the catalyst is almost dry you should start to see the patina colours form, if this hasn't happened then give the item another light spray of the catalyst, if there are areas that have less than you want then you can lightly spray these areas again, leave the piece to dry, the rust patina will continue to intensify over the next day or so.

You can either have a smooth finish to the paint or use a thicker coat that will give a further of interest to the final patina.