hammered finish

[York-aholic]

Hammered finish, now available in a convenient rattle can for silver plated instruments.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum ... lsrc=aw.ds

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[bloke]

I have used that stuff, and it does work. Actually it’s pretty convincing in its appearance, and would be much easier on a musical instrument than an actual hammered finish.
You’ve got me thinking about buying some of the bronzy-colored cans, and shooting it on my compact Holton.
I guess I should run a poll with the freak jury to discover whether doing that would raise, lower, or do nothing to its resale value.

I suppose the only other question would be how much effect it would have on how the instrument projects - when played in the Wiener Musikverein.

Hammered finish, now available in a convenient rattle can for silver plated instruments.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum ... lsrc=aw.ds

028DB292-FE2E-4E10-ADEB-7D341E83E241.jpeg

[hrender]

It seems like imparting the hammered finish would induce work hardening of the metal, which may be good, but I don't know enough about the process to really be sure.

[bloke]

It seems like imparting the hammered finish would induce work hardening of the metal, which may be good, but I don't know enough about the process to really be sure.

Since that is an unknown, we needn’t come to blows, over this.

[greenbean]

Hammered finish, now available in a convenient rattle can for silver plated instruments.
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Hammered paint finishes look great! They have been used on industrial equipment for decades - in combination with super-durable paints. My industrial sewing machines have it. And I think it would look great on fiberglass sousaphones!

[bloke]

...and I was joking about spraying it on a tuba, but now I'm not so sure that it's a joke.

- faux brass hammered-finish paint on exterior (perhaps with buffed/high-gloss bow ferrule lacquered-brass accents, as well as a buffed/high-gloss clear lacquered brass bell interior), and buffed/high-gloss clear lacquered brass slides (as well as - possibly - the engraved area on the bell). I'd probably also go ahead and do buffed/high-gloss clear lacquered brass on the bottom bow cap - as any (let's be real: LIKELY) scuffing would look more normal/natural.

bloke "Rattle-can paints have come a VERY long way...I am able to use them OUTDOORS in very sunny applications, and - even in those sorts of applications - they last for SEVERAL YEARS."

[York-aholic]

Hammered finish, now available in a convenient rattle can for silver plated instruments.
...

028DB292-FE2E-4E10-ADEB-7D341E83E241.jpeg

Hammered paint finishes look great! They have been used on industrial equipment for decades - in combination with super-durable paints. My industrial sewing machines have it. And I think it would look great on fiberglass sousaphones!

Agreed. I made a wooden base for my bandsaw (I found it used without one) after restoring the saw. Hammered finish paint worked very well on the stand and covers over minor imperfections nicely.

[bloke]

re: the compact Holton...

Stay tuned.

[greenbean]

Here is my main machine...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/kUGBvQetMAsPSyAs8

Now imagine this textured paint on a sousaphone... in gold...

[donn]

I'd like to see a photo of someone's paint job with that Rust-Oleum stuff. The only one I could find when I looked yesterday, the result looked pretty much like any old spray paint, albeit maybe a little lumpy, which for me would probably help disguise painting flaws. I've seen plenty of textured finishes on old machines, and this was not that. But it was a video, so image quality was very low.

[bloke]

I did a web search of sample appearances of how various makers of the faux-hammered-finish rattle-can jobs turn out.
All of them looked fake/synthesized/disingenuous, EXCEPT for this picture which was NOT on a paint-buying webpage.
THIS - in my experience - is how this stuff turns out.
Now...WERE I to use this stuff, which would be more interesting:
- brass faux hammered finish (against bright clear-lacquered brass highlights/offsets, OR...
- some other color of faux hammered finish - ex's: bronze, antique bronze, etc... (against bright clear-lacquered brass highlights/offsets)

eh...??

I'd like to see a photo of someone's paint job with that Rust-Oleum stuff. The only one I could find when I looked yesterday, the result looked pretty much like any old spray paint, albeit maybe a little lumpy, which for me would probably help disguise painting flaws. I've seen plenty of textured finishes on old machines, and this was not that. But it was a video, so image quality was very low.

[York-aholic]

I did a web search of sample appearances of how various makers of the faux-hammered-finish rattle-can jobs turn out.
All of them looked fake/synthesized/disingenuous, EXCEPT for this picture which was NOT on a paint-buying webpage.
THIS - in my experience - is how this stuff turns out.
Now...WERE I to use this stuff, which would be more interesting:
- brass faux hammered finish (against bright clear-lacquered brass highlights/offsets, OR...
- some other color of faux hammered finish - ex's: bronze, antique bronze, etc... (against bright clear-lacquered brass highlights/offsets)

eh...??

I'd like to see a photo of someone's paint job with that Rust-Oleum stuff. The only one I could find when I looked yesterday, the result looked pretty much like any old spray paint, albeit maybe a little lumpy, which for me would probably help disguise painting flaws. I've seen plenty of textured finishes on old machines, and this was not that. But it was a video, so image quality was very low.

I vote for brass color.

[donn]

Green.

[bloke]

Army green might actually look really good.

[donn]

I was thinking more of a real green, but it's immaterial if you can't get the paint in that color. It looks to me like the Rust-Oleum hammered paint comes in shades of brown, and "forged hammered" adds gold and pewter. (Don't know what the difference really is - the latter may be more noticeably lumpy, but can't say for sure.)

[hrender]

[bloke]

Notice how all of the paint companies’ pictures of the finish are computer-synthesized pictures, and not actual pictures of how the finish looks.

[York-aholic]

Notice how all of the paint companies’ pictures of the finish are computer-synthesized pictures, and not actual pictures of how the finish looks.

Well of course. You can’t expect truth in advertising. Don’t go getting all silly on us now.

[bloke]

I get that, but the actual results look better than their computer generated versions.