Salt weathering

[Raeder]

I've heard things about people using salt as part of their masking, then they weather the car and then rub the salt back off, producing a spotty look. Any ideas where to find more info on this technique?

Kevin

[DRLOCO]

I'd be curious too...I would think the salt would be blown off the model when you hit it with the airbrush. I've also contemplated using rubber cement, then painting over it, then peeling it off to reveal the paint below...but I haven't tried it, for fear that it would permanently stick to the carside...

[RunningExtra]

Hey guy's,

You need to use sea salt, not table salt. What you will want to do is first airbrush your rust or whatever underlying color you want to show through after you paint your model with its finished color, using saliva wet the area that you want the rust or different color to show through and apply the sea salt. Once the saliva dries the sea salt is pretty well stuck to the car, paint with your finish color knock the sea salt off and weather to your hearts desire.

[dekon]

One other trick with the salt weathering is to wipe the salt off in the downward direction and it will scratch the paint paint a little bit and add to the weathering effect. It kind of gives it rust running down the side look.

[kcs1967]

great techniques tip, I have done the rubber cement on 18 wheeler models and aircraft. I have also put vaseline on with a toothpick and taken of after painting (only trick here is if you accidently put it in the wrong place you have to rewash/degrease the entire subject)

[cf7]

Try this:

bouldervalleymodels.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=12

[Raeder]

Hmmm...that link does have some good photos, that's a start on the effets I'm looking to produce. I'll have to play with it and see what comes of this. Thanks for the info Chuck!

Kevin

[CIOR]

I even tried the iso alcohol tooth brush flick and then spray, then quickly tip the car up and let it run.

Results mixed, ditched it, but hey, I'm sure it works well after a few tries.

Yes, its sea salt..

[Raeder]

I have a boxcar I'm working over right now, it's been to the paint booth a couple times and I'm about to the point where I'm going to try something different. The paint is covering too much, too large of an area on the boxcar sides for my liking. I'll tie into the salt weathering experiment on another car, now that I know what order to lay the paint down in. For this one, I'll tie into some chalks and see how that comes out.

Thanks for the advice on the sea salt, I'll have to chase some of that down. I might give some of that kosher salt I've got a try as well. Have to see what happens with it.

Kevin