Cauldron Texture and Repaint

[Spider Rider]

I repainted and added rust to my witches' cauldron. Kudos to dave the dead for his oatmeal and sand technique for adding rust to a project. Here is a link to a before pic, flat black painted plastic.
http://www.hauntforum.com/album.php?albumid=192&pictureid=2253

After rust and repaint
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/zlalomz/cauldron.jpg

Here is a video of it nearly finished.
Cauldron Repaint - YouTube

The order of painting was black, orange textured, brown textured, purplish brown (accidental mix of red,brown, drab green and black that turned purple. I thought it looked "witchy"). Gray dry brush, flat black dry brush to make the orange less orangey and then flat black areas spritzed with a water spray bottle to add runs to make it look like it's leaking at the seams. I applied the middle blotches with a sponge.

To get textured paint I just added sand and oatmeal in it like dave the dead, did.

[dave the dead]

Oooohhhh! Crusty! Excellent painting!

[RoxyBlue]

Hey, someone spilled green goo all over your lovely cauldron!:D

[Spider Rider]

Shhhh, Rodentia is very sensitive about her cooking! My next idea is to have one of the rats popping it's head out of the goo and he's wearing goggles. And thanks dave the dead, it means alot to me coming from you.

[DarkLore]

Shhhh, Rodentia is very sensitive about her cooking! My next idea is to have one of the rats popping it's head out of the goo and he's wearing goggles. And thanks dave the dead, it means alot to me coming from you.

I love the rat idea...especially the goggles. Make it happen captn.

[Dixie]

Wow SR, that is one hella difference from last year to this year. One of those things that you think looks perfect, well, until you see the improved version, and its just spectacular now! I adore using sand in my paint, and Dave turned me onto the oatmeal too, it's awesome!

[Spider Rider]

Thanks evil ones. This is my Halloween, Dixie for the next couple of years. Fixing up what I already have since I've run out of space and money. And yes sand and oatmeal, AWESOME.

[Eeeekim]

That look so bleeeeping good.

[psyko99]

It's an amazing transformation Spider Rider. Awesome job.

[HalloweenZombie]

That's a great rust job. Excellent.

[rpick3488]

Looks great! Could you tell me how you went about making the cauldron itself?

[Spider Rider]

The witch and cauldron are built from plans on http://scarefx.com/project_witch.html
It is a plastic 55 gallon drun with the top cut off. I got a used one free from the Kikkoman soy sauce factory here in Folsom.

[gypsichic]

<standing on chair & clapping> just what I was looking for! great job!!

[jdubbya]

Is there a link to any tutorial on the oatmeal/sand painting technique? My cauldron looks like yours used to. I never aged it and it needs to be totally re-worked for next year, including new rivets and paint. I really like this a lot!

[Bethene]

wow,,that looks so great`- I had used Dave's method on a smaller cauldron but isn't as nice as yours,... may have to redo mine once again!

[Spider Rider]

Hey jdubbya-Here's dave the dead's cauldron transformation.

http://www.hauntforum.com/showthread.php?t=10525&highlight=oatmeal

Thanks Bethene, I am starting over too! building a giant cauldron using a beach ball and fiberglass to make a traditional, yet giant cauldron. (The same size and technique I used to make the spider body with a few modifications.)

[Drago]

Great refinish on it! btw when are we going to see a redo on that car? :cool:

[Spider Rider]

A long sad story on the car but it is still being written. I have a Z for the street while I build the race car - albeit at a snails pace.

[jdubbya]

Hey jdubbya-Here's dave the dead's cauldron transformation.

http://www.hauntforum.com/showthread.php?t=10525&highlight=oatmeal


Thanks SR! Appreciate it!:)

[Rahnefan]

Crusty indeed! You should be proud of that.

[GOT]

Anyone know how long the oatmeal paint survives? Sounds risky with critters lurking in the attic or even just mold.

[Jaybo]

Anyone know how long the oatmeal paint survives? Sounds risky with critters lurking in the attic or even just mold.

Not sure how long oatmeal will last, but you can use saw dust and wood shavings instead of oatmeal. If it's the rust texture you are working at, you can also cover the piece with concrete patch. Mix the wood shavings into the patch and use a stick to make the patch surface rough.