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Potbelly stove with iron finish


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The sanding and flat black spray paint didn't take away all of the sheen and smoothness of the plastic stove, so I stippled on a base coat of satin black by Americana. I then stippled on alternating layers of flat black and satin black, ending on flat black. Using the satin finish base made it look more like iron, which does have a slight sheen. The stippling effect was important to do in thin layers to make sure the texture was in scale. I've turned plastic into iron. :)

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Thank you so much for explaining how you did it, that is really helpful! It looks great. Now I need to dig out mine and see if I can do a better job than just the flat black I lazily spray-painted it, haha.

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1 hour ago, Kells said:

Thank you so much for explaining how you did it, that is really helpful! It looks great. Now I need to dig out mine and see if I can do a better job than just the flat black I lazily spray-painted it, haha.

Never lazy - I did that with the first one I made back in 2010 - but I added all sorts of grime, so it didn't matter. I've become more interested in realistic finishes over the years, so I try different things to see what works.

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