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How to Paint Wood to Look Like Metal

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Hello buddy! I have always been into creative stuff right from the start. I began painting at an early age and worked on my skills. Later, I shifted to making life-size statues and even worked on making realistic material lookalikes. One such job made me answer the question of how to paint wood to look like metal.

This was during the time I made a miniature car with wood and gave it a metal texture. So, let me help you with the process of developing this effect.

How to paint wood like metal

  1. First, begin by creating faint dots on small lumps of wood using the tip of your paint brush. You can also create some ridges to develop the texture of metal with the help of a full brush stroke on your wood. However, this step is completely up to you.

  2. I would advise you to mix steel metallic paint along with plain black paint to give it the feel of blackened iron.

  3. Next, apply brown paint over the top of the base coat while it is still wet. Make sure to do this in just some spots. Move on to blending the brown with the black paint to get a faint shade. Aim for a dark brown similar to the colour of an espresso coffee.

  4. To add the rusting effect, you can sprinkle a little bit of cinnamon on a few regions. Pick joints for this purpose as that’ll give a more realistic effect. Make sure to do this while the paint is still wet so that the cinnamon holds on to it. 

  5. After the paint dries out, finish by coating it with a light coat of varnish preferably in a satin sheen.

I hope this helps you to answer how to paint wood to look like metal.

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