Best product for making hot metal appear "used"?

Use alclad clear blue or red.

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RudyOnWheels

I am more talking about over darker colors, like Afterburners, etc. Thanks for the tips guys, I'll try it!! I can see chrome being a major PITA.....

  Thanks!

 Rudy

 

Either airbrushing or drybrushing works over both light and dark colors.  The airbrushing has to be very light, dialing paint flow or combined flow with a SA to just the lightest fog.

Cheap eye makeup from THE DOLLAR STORE works. I have used it on truck exhaust systems. Like others i have also used multi layered transparent paints.

Thanks Karl! I have a bottle of Alclad to try soon.....

Rudy

That effect is best done with ALCLAD metallic lacquers, They make specific colors for exactly that kind of thing, Look up ALCLAD on eBay and see your options. They're pretty easy to use and look awesome.

I am more talking about over darker colors, like Afterburners, etc. Thanks for the tips guys, I'll try it!! I can see chrome being a major PITA.....

  Thanks!

 Rudy

Hi;

   I usually use a rainbow of colors , metallics especially and red and blue . I apply all the colors wet and then use a brush and drag it through the layers of paint till I get the effect I need .The main thing is use a clean brush dipped in thinner  and drag in the direction the exhaust would exit .

I also do this with paint and airbrush.  Depicting burnt chrome plating can be a real art, with areas of blue, red and yellow.  Other metals are usually easier.

I use paint, available at your local hobby shop.

Spray blue, brown, or dark gray in thin, translucent layers.