It wouldn’t be an old farm without an abandoned bathtub buried somewhere on the grounds. I’m using a spare tub picked up from Sir Thomas Thumb at last year’s Bishop Show. These are the same that come in the Chrysnbon kits, but there no hardware or accessories are included. I didn’t bother cleaning up the plastic at all, just started with a spray of flat black. I then added brushed on patches of Testors Rust paint.
I drilled out the holes for the plumbing in the back (not quite centered but this is easily fixed later), then touched up the paint on those areas. I didn’t do the drain for reasons I’ll get to.
This tub is from Sir Thomas Thumb, bought at a local mini show. I gathered a cup of water and a salt shaker.
Since the rust paint dried with a slight sheen, the water beaded on the surface. I sanded it lightly to remove the sheen.
I added the salt as recommended in the tutorial, concentrating around the holes, the drain and the rust painted portions. It didn’t matter to me that some salt strayed.
I sprayed the tub Krylon Almond in satin finish, trying to use up some old paint on an item where overspray and splatters won’t matter at all. Of course, this old spray paint came out clean and crisp.
I let the spray paint dry thoroughly and then began the process of removing the salt by rubbing my finger over the grains. I did use a little water in some spots. It worked well, though not enough of the under layer showed for what I wanted.
It worked better in the areas where the salt application was denser, as expected.
