New Handycrafts: steampunk

Steampunk Your Guns Amongst Rub 'N Buff!

This is amazing!
Welcome to Rub 'n Buff week!

I only discovered Rub 'n Buff Metallic Finishes.
It's similar a metallic element wax paint.
It rubs on together with buffs to a shine.
Great on loads of surfaces! Plastic, wood, metal, vinyl, foam!
This takes Halloween costumes to a WHOLE novel level!

This takes Halloween costumes to a WHOLE novel degree Steampunk your Guns amongst Rub 'n Buff!

I was sent five shades of Rub 'n Buff from AMACO
I loved it together with therefore much, I went together with bought three to a greater extent than tubes of it at Hobby Lobby.
My married adult man together with kids desire to endeavor it on everything!

This handgun was the foremost projection nosotros tried.
Here's the Before:

And the after!

I used a pea sized total of the Castilian Copper for the function past times one-half of the gun.
I ended upwards using almost double the total pictured below.

This foremost task I did amongst my bare fingers...next fourth dimension I wore latex gloves.
Use inwards a good ventilated area, it's got a potent scent.

Just rub it all around.
I used a rigid disposable pigment brush to instruct into all the grooves.

Let the wax dry out almost 10 minutes earlier commencement to buff.
Then role a soft stuff together with rub it until it shines.

It's amazing!

Next, I used Grecian Gold for the lower one-half of the gun.

Same technique getting into all the grooves together with spaces.

Let it dry out overnight.
My five twelvemonth one-time was thrilled! He wants all his guns steampunk agency now!

Totally awesome!
Okay, should live noted that for security reasons toy guns demand to stimulate got an orangish tip.
This is a non bad cosplay accessory, but role proficient judgement.

What would you lot endeavor it on?

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Steampunk Dart Gun Amongst Rub 'N Buff!

Another awesome Gun!
This is my favorite toy dart gun!

It's fifty-fifty cooler at in 1 trial that it's all metallic!

Here's the gun to start out with.
Red, blue, orangish together with greenish plastic.

I started amongst Ebony together with coated the entire thing.

Then added on Grecian gold.

Added on unopen to Silver Leaf

Tip together with all! Looks awesome!

The Ebony I started amongst shows inwards the cracks together with crevices
and looks antique together with awesome!
Use skillful judgment when changing the await of a toy gun
to 1 that tin move live false for a existent one.

Do y'all conduct maintain whatever ideas? Halloween or Cosplay maybe?
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I started amongst Ebony together with coated the entire affair Steampunk Dart Gun amongst Rub 'n Buff!

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Steampunk Anything Alongside Rub 'N Buff

Steampunk anything!
I used an sometime inexpensive lock...

Rubbed Castilian Copper all over it.

I pose it on thick together with uneven...this gives it a pitted antique metallic element look.

After it dried, I added around gilded leaf...
together with rubbed it off carefully...to avoid removing the copper every bit well.

Awesome! I dear how the numbers nevertheless show, together with thence it's totally useable!
But it looks together with thence super cool!

Great!

Works to but rub on softly.
You could alter all the metallic element finishes of your cabinet hardware amongst this!
(my wife loves it for his regular army buckles...can't produce dark in
the army...but spanish copper is perfect!)

So many colors!
What would you lot pose it on?
Wait until you lot encounter my projection tomorrow.
It volition blow. your. mind.

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sent me five tubes of rub 'n buff!
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Star Wars C3po As Well As R2d2 Painted Shoes!

Star Wars C3PO together with R2D2 Painted Heels!

Yes--these are the shoes yous are looking for!

Who doesn't desire mismatched droid shoes???
Okay, good at to the lowest degree whatsoever Star Wars fan would desire some...
Who isn't a Star Wars fan???

I honey the agency these turned out! Total Geek Chic!
The perfect pair!

C3PO together with R2D2 Painted Shoes!

Here's closed to shoes I industrial plant life at Goodwill.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 color I would never wear...and pretty worn.

Some cuts together with scuffs, but no biggy.
Jedi Mind Trick.

I used ii colors of Rub 'n Buff for these droids.
Gold Leaf together with Silver Leaf (not pictured)
AMACO sent me these v tubes to endeavour out together with review...I honey them
so much I went to Hobby Lobby together with picked upwards iii other colors!
They run nearly $5.50 each. (less if yous role a coupon)
Way worth it...I barely used any!
They move groovy for together with then many surfaces too...if yous desire to
alter the complete on all your cabinet hardware...easy!
If yous desire to steampunk out your plastic guns...easy!
Update shoes...piece of cake!

I wore a latex glove together with but rubbed gilt leafage Rub 'n Buff all over i shoe.
It was difficult to larn into the crevices...but a disposable brush or cotton wool swab helps!

And Silver Leaf all over the other!
Let them sit down nearly fifteen minutes.
Then direct maintain a super soft fabric together with rub them inward a circular motion until they shine!
Rub 'n Buff is a wax paint, together with then it's similar waxing a car...
Then allow them dry out overnight.
(It ended upwards beingness a piffling longer, but they were dry out overnight)

Now for the exceptional painting...just role a moving-picture demo for reference!

You tin run across mine's non exact...
I but used Apple Barrel dark arts and crafts paint...
together with roughly sketched the designs I wanted correct onto the shoe.
I'm non equally good careful, I similar the whimsical sketched hold back rather than
the whole perfectionist thing.