concrete ornaments

Feb 02, 2013 5 Replies

how do you acheive the dark edging,and antique look on statues when casting in concrete


Matt black aerosol from a motorists discount shop. Use very sparingly.

Bill

coat them in yoghurt and leave outside for a few weeks.

Ask again in about 50 years' time.

Fake antiquing of statues is done using sparingly applied tar. Unfortunately I don't know which variety of tar, just that a friend who makes statues artificially aged for sale to tourists told me he uses "catrame" which is Italian for tar.

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