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Step 5Layering your colors
After acrylic has dried about 10 minutes, you can start the layers of the other two spray paints.
Start with the red paint. Holding the can at a good distance away from the work, make short bursts of spray while swinging it from side to side along the length of the surface you are painting. You want a VERY light layer. You should still be able to easily see the acrylic striations beneath.
Next, spray some black on the areas you want the darkest and most "worn" looking. Again, make sure the paint can is a good distance away, you are using short bursts and sweeping across the work. I sprayed diagonally across the very edges of the handle.
Finally, spray a very thin layer of the brown paint on top of it all.
If you go too heavy on any layer, you can wait until that layer has dried completely, then use the very fine grit sandpaper to take that layer thickness down a little bit. And if you take it down too far, you can respray as needed. This is very forgiving. Of course, it's best to simply put the thinnest layer you can manage and work up as needed, but know that nothing is too permanent to prevent a re-do if you need to.
As you can see, it looked like wood immediately! Like a well polished, slightly cherry or mahogany aged wood! If you like how it looks, and want a more refined polished finish, you can stop here and put on your acrylic sealant now. But I wanted mine to look more worn. So I continued.
Start with the red paint. Holding the can at a good distance away from the work, make short bursts of spray while swinging it from side to side along the length of the surface you are painting. You want a VERY light layer. You should still be able to easily see the acrylic striations beneath.
Next, spray some black on the areas you want the darkest and most "worn" looking. Again, make sure the paint can is a good distance away, you are using short bursts and sweeping across the work. I sprayed diagonally across the very edges of the handle.
Finally, spray a very thin layer of the brown paint on top of it all.
If you go too heavy on any layer, you can wait until that layer has dried completely, then use the very fine grit sandpaper to take that layer thickness down a little bit. And if you take it down too far, you can respray as needed. This is very forgiving. Of course, it's best to simply put the thinnest layer you can manage and work up as needed, but know that nothing is too permanent to prevent a re-do if you need to.
As you can see, it looked like wood immediately! Like a well polished, slightly cherry or mahogany aged wood! If you like how it looks, and want a more refined polished finish, you can stop here and put on your acrylic sealant now. But I wanted mine to look more worn. So I continued.
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