For these wooden letters I am using a faux galvanized Metal technique. One that I learned from a blogging buddy of mine, Sherry over at the Savvy Apron.
These faux galvanized metal letters are for another project that I am working on. But I wanted to try out Sherry’s paint technique.
I did change it up just a bit. Where she does messy paint stokes, I dabbed the paint on like when stenciling. (Supply list at the bottom of the post)
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First start off by painting your letters with black Acrylic paint.
Once dry dab on some of your charcoal grey paint, leaving some of your Black paint showing through. Before it dries use a paper towel and blot the wet paint a few times so that it will leave a blotchy looking area with some areas darker than others.
If your letters that you are giving the faux galvanized Metal technique to are large. Then you may want to work in small sections at a time. So that your paint doesn’t dry before you get it all blotted.
After that dries start adding some rainy day grey paint, again dapping it on but leave some of the under coats of paint showing.
Continue this technique with the metallic paint as well.
The & sign I did just a little differently so that it would stand out between the J and L letters. It had some burlap over it but I just painted over it.
I started off by painting it black like the letters then I went straight to Dabbing the metallic on.
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Supply List
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Wood Letters
Delta Ceramcoat Black Acrylic
Delta Ceramcoat Charcoal Acrylic
Anitas Rainy Day Grey Acrylic
Folk Art Metallic Acrylic
Old Paintbrush for Dabbing
Paper Towel
To see Sherry’s faux metal technique hop on over to the Savvy Apron, where she loves creating things, cooking, and more.
Don’t forget to stop by next week to see the rest of my project. Why I need these faux galvanized metal letter .
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These are very cool. We have a large “A” hanging in our apartment for our last name, but it would have been even cooler to have made it myself.
Thank you Sarah! Maybe next time you can give this a try for some other letters or words that your going to use in another project, or decor.
Lovely Linda, and painting over the burlap gives it such an interesting effect. Pinning for future reference, thank you
Thank you Michelle! I wasn’t sure how painting over the burlap was going to look, but they were out of the “&” in wood. But I think it turned out pretty good.
This is a great easy and simple technique you are showing Linda. The letters turned out great!
Thank you Ilka! I am happy how easy it was to do, and how they turned out.
Oh my goodness, you did an awesome job at making these look like metal! Great post, Linda!
Thank Janine! This was fun learning a new paint technique. This is one that I will be using again and again.
These are cute! I love paint and especially faux painting anything. Good tutorial, pinned:)
Thank you Wendi! I love faux painting techniques as well. It’s fun trying out the new technique’s on different things. Thanks for pinning!