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how do you acheive the dark edging,and antique look on statues when casting in concrete
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madmick22 wrote:
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 |
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On 02/02/2013 21:04, madmick22 wrote:
how do you acheive the dark edging,and antique look on statues when casting in concrete coat them in yoghurt and leave outside for a few weeks. -- mailto:news{at}admac(dot}myzen{dot}co{dot}uk |
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On Sat, 2 Feb 2013 21:04:12 +0000, madmick22 wrote:
how do you acheive the dark edging,and antique look on statues when casting in concrete Ask again in about 50 years' time. -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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"alan" wrote in message ... On 02/02/2013 21:04, madmick22 wrote: how do you acheive the dark edging,and antique look on statues when casting in concrete coat them in yoghurt and leave outside for a few weeks. Or cow****. |
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madmick22 wrote:
how do you acheive the dark edging,and antique look on statues when casting in concrete 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. -- €˘DarWin| _/ _/ |
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