Everyday I go to stir my steelwool pad, and water, and everyday there is a film on top like a thin crust, and the water looks black instead of rust, did I do something wrong, now on the sides where the water has evaporated, it has a rust color that has hardened, but that is it?

Let the water evaporate and then crush the metal "blob" you get and your rust will be ready...
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I thought mine wasn't working either. I had the same little blobs of rust, but then I forgot about it for a couple weeks. When I went back and poked it, it just powdered exactly as they said it would.

Don

I guess I should of tore the pad in two, and done a lot less water, then I'd had it done by now, cause it has been a week, and looks like another week before it will be ready then. Thank You guys for your answers, at first I thought I had forgot some of the recipe.

I have done it and I just can't get it to stick to my models. Though, being the "master modeler" #:-) that I am, I realized that it is a basically a rust powder. Well, now I use it to look like a smoke stain. Anyhoo, how can I get it to stick? Thanks for your time.

I don't know MEBM, I remember reading about it somwhere, and I tried the search, and it wouldn't turn it lose either, cause after I get it ready, I intend to use it, but don't know how either, seems like it was one of the thinners they used or water, but not sure, now like me I remember somethings but not all.

I have found that if you put the mixture of the steelwool pad and water in a window that gets lots of sun (like a south facing window here in the north) it speeds up the process of making the rust.

As far as how to use it...if I recall you just mix it with a little water to form a sort of paste, and then apply it to the model sparingly until you get the results you want.

Just my two cents...

you could always put it on top of the furnace!!!

To meke it sticky I use:
- isopropyl alchool
- white spirit
- a mixture of white glue (to replicate a very heavy effect)
- on its own (on a model finished with Testors Dullcote which makes it adhere)
If you go back to this thread Replicating realistic rust for dummies you'll find a pic showing how does it look after application with the above mentioned mediums...
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I knew there was a story back there somewhere, but I typed in rust, making rust, painting rust, and never did find it, one of these days I'll get that search figured out on how to find things. I thank You very much Ciao

Dear General,

Are those carriers you listed choices? Or do you combine them all?

Sealhead

Sealhead, if you look at the pic in the thread i mentioned aboved you'll see the result for single carrier...
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