marsh28 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Here's a rather poor quality pic of a section of fencing I've made for my Halloween display. I started making the fences in early February and just finished!?! Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownTown Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Wow, that's really nice . How did you make them?D.T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rise Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 That's amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh28 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 The horizontal parts are 2 inch furring strips. The vertical "bars" are 1/2 inch PVC pipe cut to length. The finials are plastic deals I got no the internet cheap.As for painting, well that was the difficult part. I first applied a light layer of cement/joint compound to get the rough effect you see on things that have been allowed to rust. After this dried, I took a sponge and applied orange paint. While still wet, I then sprayed a watery mixture of brown paint on the fence. Finally, I took a brush applied dark mahogany wood stain. The worst step was the wood stain as it smells horrible and is oil-based. The stain also takes almost 4 days to dry. Still, the end result is a pretty convicning rusting effect.BTW, I didn't come up with this technique (I'm not that clever) and instead got it from a Halloween blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulanator Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Boy that is a super effect and it looks really old and rusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Looks really great! Just like a real wrought iron fence. Vey nice job on creating the effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad02 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Looks great. How does it look with your display? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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