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I'm about to use weathering powders for the first time, and I have a brush I want to use, and also not to be ruined. The particles are so fine, and they're mixed with an adhesive of some sort, which makes me nervous that I won't be able to wash the stuff out all the way.

Is it safe to use on nice brushes?

Many weathering powders are pretty much the same pigments that are used in the paints, what brand are these?

Umm, the stuff I've got is from Brigadoon Enterprises. It says "It uses nontoxic, non-magnetic powdered rust, pigments, and a dry adhesive".

If it's more or less paint without the liquid component, then no probs, but if this is going to effectively be glitter glue...

I tend to use a rubbish old dry brush just because I like to work it in to the corners which obviously will ruin a brush but the powder itself shouldn't do any harm as long as you give you're brushes a good clean. What are you working on?

All the ones I've every used just wash out with water and soap but as Lucas said, an older brush is recommended as it doesn't really require a nice tip of an expensive brush to apply

It gets really messy sometimes! Have fun!

K, thanks.

I'm working on a terrain piece that I'd take a picture of the part I'm doing rust for, but one of the creatures in my house knocked it off where I'd placed it after spray-sealing it.

Fifteen feet onto concrete later, and I'm now going to spend the next few days attempting to repair hours of work instead of a few minutes dusting it with rust powder...

Lucas Radford wrote: What are you working on?

Alright, I've got it reassembled. If you look closely, you can see the places where I had to glue ripped plasticard together, but the repair job will have to do. Well, that and small pictures taken from far away as it was getting dark...



I was surprised how much like a wash the weathering powder wound up being.