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NEED HELP ON HOW TO MAKE A TIN CEILING LOOK AGED!

I am looking to make a natural tin ceiling look aged for an old tavern look. The unfinished tin pieces I have are too shiny and new and the pre aged pricing was far too high. I want a worn type of patina look to it (about 800 square feet) and need to know how to do that. Please help!

Jake McKeague
Restaurant Owner - St Paul, Minneosta
August 29, 2009

TRy internet archive website(www.archive.org)-there you can find old but useful(and download free) book on metal colouring (Arthur Hiorns:Metal Colouring).Hope it helps and good luck!

Goran Budija
- Zagreb,Croatia
September 3, 2009

Well, if you are just trying to tone the color down you can always go and get a spray gun, mix up a clear coat top and tone it down with brown and black. Apply lightly and experiment with the results. I am suggesting this as all the other tricks I know are for smaller things that are going to be observed closely.

Since you have some distance between the viewers and your ceiling you can fudge this and do paint.

Marc Banks
Blacksmith - Boone, North Carolina
September 6, 2009

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