4 oz Modern Masters PA901 Green Metal Effects Aging Solution

Painted a iron flower pot with Modern Masters Oxidizing Copper Paint & Green Patina Solution. You can read my paint review in the MM Oxidizing Copper Paint.Applying the Green Patina/ Oxidizing solution: Using the Green Patina Aging Solution (Blue-green in color), apply "while paint is still wet". Not dripping wet, but tacky which may only be a few minutes in dry conditons. Apply with brush or sponge. I started with sponge, but quickly moved to brush. I poured the Patina Ageing solution into a small pale and brushed from their. It has the consistancy of water so pick up any runs with a dry brush or you will see green streaks down your surface. You will not see the oxidation for 20 minutes and in full for hours after appllication. The Patina oxidizing solution delutes as you use it so you can't carefully control the Patina/oxidizing effect like you can the paint. You may end up reapplying the Patina solution So I ended up painting and oxidizing one flower pot at a time. (Picture 1).Note: YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE PATINA SOLUTION - BUT YOU CAN CONTROL THE PAINT.Paint Touch Up: The tough customer (my wife), wanted a "turning copper look" with some copper color and some green patina oxidation. I purchased the MM Rust Patina to sponge in this effect only to find out that it only works with the MM Oxidizing Iron Paint not the Oxidizing Copper Paint that I was using. I figured out the only way to achive this look is to let the surface oxidize and dry for a day or two. Then, come back and lightly brush some of the Modern Masters Copper Paint back over some of the high spots on the relief of the flower pots. I have to admit, it looks amazing! She did not want the sealer placed on to keep an authenic rough look to the surface without any satin finish. The issue there is that it could continue to oxidize more green in the future. If so, I will only take me a few minutes to likely brush some more copper paint back on. It's been 5 months an so far it looks the same as the day I painted them.(Pictures 2 & 3).My only criticisim is that they need to make the products available in a quart size as the gallon is expensive and way more material that most people will need for a project and the bottle is too small. However, this excess primer can serve as a good general metal primer for other projects and the paint I will use for re-touch up as further oxidation occurs over time. You now know a lot more than I did when I started with this product. Have fun with it!

Great to use to give a product that aged look.

an art work and it worked great

If you've reached the level of making your own patinas from scratch, you'll find products like these to be somewhat "diluted" and lacking in strength and bite. When it is effective, it provides a pretty decent patina, although I like patina greens that can get into an "apple green" range - this is just not strong enough for that effect. Still, it's a good supplement and I can easily "extend" my home-made brew using this and tempering the strength of others. Also, the availability is very good, so I will be a buyer again.

After painting it with reactive bronze paint, I sprayed the patina on a plastic molded figurine also from Modern Masters and it turned out great. In places I didn't want any over spray, I used a Q-tip to apply the patina. You do have to apply the patina while the paint is still wet in order for it to work. If it's already dried, just apply a new coat of paint. The patina will darken a little anything you've painted, but not much. This also works on anything painted for outdoors too. Like flower pots and so on. I have more than enough left over for those spring projects.

I purchased this to create an antiqued copper look to an existing white drop ceiling grid in a bathroom we were remodeling. I had purchased Faux Tin Ceiling Tiles with a Weathered Copper look (Drop In) and really wanted to not have to replace the grid. All I can say is - WOW!!! The photo's speak for themselves. A little goes a long way. This was done with one bottle each of the Modern Masters ME-149 Reactive Metallic Paint Copper, Modern Masters PA901-04 Aging Solution Green Patina and Modern Masters AM203-04 Metal Effects Primer. Outstanding product!

I have been using these products for several years now, blue patina, green patina, rust patina, bronze paint, copper paint, what have you. A lot of use has been for hobby projects around the house, however I have used them while working for a theming company when customers were expecting (buying) a product with the patina look I had sold them, green, or blue or whatever. Also from time to time I do some metal work for people on my own and these type of finishes are requested. I have found the products to be unpredictable and pretty much unreliable. When all the stars align and they work right the results are fantastic. However even when following the instructions explicitly, use the high dollar primer and all, i cant get a repeatable effect. Customer service has always been responsive and courteous, but never offered a real solution, I am always told about humidity and temperature etc. I get it, there are some variables but for the price I would say consistency is lacking. This is expensive vinegar, or whatever it is, have yet to figure it out. You either get a good result, or you get rust. I can get rust for free. I guess my main complaint is when you get to the finishing part of a project, and it doesn't work, and it doesn't work again, and maybe again, and now you are burning several several labor hours trying to fix it, and having to buy more $$ product...