selfdestroyer wrote:Officer Bukowski wrote:^ great looking build! It looks like you did thin coats of the same hammerite rustoleum that I have.
I did... Do you know how to make it look more like the cap? The larger hammered marks. Do I need to do a crazy think coat? I really like the hammered look paint but I wanted something a little more extreme than the results I got. I'm sure I'm doing it wrong.
Like the others have said, you have to spray it on really thick. I like to do a thin coat just to get the color on first though, because when the texturing happens you'll be able to see the primer or metal in the bottom of the little craters.
Make sure you give each coat enough time to cure or else you'll get a wrinkly finish.
There's something to be said about the finish you achieved with the thin coats though. It looks great. I only knew because I've done the same thing before, but it's a great look.
Also it seems like one of your knobs is slightly out of line. If it bothers you, you can drill out the hole a little bigger and use the extra space to fudge it into line
