Need or want to update the look of metal, ceramic or wood items throughout your home, but can’t seem to figure out how? Learning how to create a distressed verdigris finish is one way that you can really help update the look of these items throughout your home and make things look really new and fresh again.
When you want to refinish an item in your home, make sure the surface is clean as you will be painting this item and there is no point in painting over something that is dirty. Once you’ve cleaned the surface, give it time to dry completely, especially if it’s a wooden object, as the top layer of wood can absorb some water.
Since you’re doing an aged verdigris finish, you’ll want to spray the object with a copper or gold metallic paint, but you don’t have to paint the entire object if you don’t want to, just be sure to paint large portions.
Now you’ll want to take a dark teal green acrylic paint and paint this color onto the item, but consider using a sponge for this step as you want to keep the metallic color and the dark teal green. You want the finish to have an uneven mottled look, so using a sponge can really help with this. Be sure to give the item time to dry, and if you’re not patient and want it to dry quickly, consider using a blow dryer.
Once your object has dried, use a lighter verdigris green to contrast with the dark teal to highlight some areas of the object. Be careful not to overdo it or things won’t look good. You don’t need to go shopping for a whole separate color, you can simply add a white into the dark teal to make a lighter green of that color.
Make sure you now have all of these paint colors, you’ve let things dry completely and to help things look vibrant you need to put down a clear acrylic cover to act as a protective layer. This will prevent scratches from appearing that could occur over time.
As you can see, it’s not difficult to learn how to create an aged verdigris finish, it just takes some time and effort. Be patient, and you’ll love the end result of your new-but-used items throughout your home.