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Salt weathering? I've got to say I am well impressed!


RobboPetes

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I recently read an article in the Hornby magazine, June 3013 edition, on salt weathering and thought it would be a good idea to have go. I asked the missus about non-perfumed hairsprays and she said she had one that she didn't like, saying I could use it. Well, what could I say?

 

I followed the advice in the article on a wagon that will never see the light of day. I only did one side to see how it would turn out. This is the result:

 

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The hardest part was getting the salt to sit where I wanted it to once it had been put on the hairspray-soaked side. With practice I will be able to manipulate it and be happy with it. Overall, I am happy with the result and all I would need to do is to tone down and dirty the bodyside once the transfers have been added and to weather the underframe, if I was to make it into an operable model. It certainly has yielded promising results!

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A bit of wearthering and that'll look grand.

 

Even though the process is quite long winded, I've found I can get good results too. Make sure not to leave the salt on too long after the top coat, in fact, remove it as soon as possible. After leaving it overnight I had terrible trouble getting the effect I wanted, the hairspray (which should dissolve) became sealed in and very hard lift the salt.

 

I also use a few grains of rock salt for bigger patches, and I've also found that you can quite easily scratch away the top coat with a scriber if you catch it early enough.

 

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A bit of wearthering and that'll look grand.

 

Even though the process is quite long winded, I've found I can get good results too. Make sure not to leave the salt on too long after the top coat, in fact, remove it as soon as possible. After leaving it overnight I had terrible trouble getting the effect I wanted, the hairspray (which should dissolve) became sealed in and very hard lift the salt.

 

I also use a few grains of rock salt for bigger patches, and I've also found that you can quite easily scratch away the top coat with a scriber if you catch it early enough.

 

Paul

Thanks for the response Paul.

 

In the article he says give it 10 minutes after applying the paint before removing the salt - which I thought was a bit too quick??? Thanks to your comment I now find it IS important to remove the salt early. I must admit I left it longer than 10 minutes and, yes, there is still some fine salt granules on the model which was hard to shift. This was fun and a good experience at an alternative method to weathering.

 

The nice thing is all my 16-ton minerals will be weathered this way - once I get round to making them! 

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