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March 30, 2022 By Sherry Leave a Comment

How to Make Copper Look Like Aged Copper

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Learn how to achieve the look of aged copper with paint.

Copper is my favorite metal to use in the kitchen. Copper pieces look beautiful mixed with wood and marble in a kitchen. In the past, I have purchased new copper pieces and feel like they look cheap. My style is changing and I love the vintage cottage look. I really love old things and things that have aged and natural patinaed. In my opinion, the prettiest aged copper pieces are found in antique stores, thrift stores, and maybe estate sales.

Aged Copper Techniques

While searching the internet, I found several ways to age copper using different chemicals. I really didn’t want to use any chemicals. I have made faux marble, faux aged stone, and faux concrete with paint so I thought I would try to create an aged copper look with paint.

After playing around with paint, I figured out how to make cheap copper look like real aged copper. This is such an easy way to update your home while using what you already have. The painting project only took minutes to do and the results are beautiful.

how to make faux copper look like real aged copper

Before

faux aged copper

After

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For the paint, I used paint that I had on hand. You can use colors similar to what I used if you want. I will share a link for the exact paint colors I used.

Supplies

Artist Loft Phthalo Green

Artist Loft Ivory Black

My favorite Paint Brushes

Folk Art Bronze Paint

Green and black paint

Instructions

I will show you how to paint a bowl but you can do this technique on the item of your choice.

First I want to say that you shouldn’t worry about getting too much or too little paint onto the bowl. You can always add more paint to get the look you desire. The paint should look messy.

Dab green paint

1. Randomly dab green paint all over the bowl with a paintbrush.

Dab black paint onto the bowl

2. Randomly dab black paint onto the bowl with a paintbrush.

How to make faux copper look like aged copper

3. Keep layering the colors while alternating with green and black until you get the desired look.

Soften the look with metallic bronze paint.

4. To soften the paint and get the aged look, blot bronze or copper paint over the green and black paint. This step should help achieve the age patina look of aged copper.

Keep alternating the green and black paint.

This faux-aged copper looks perfect with the other real-aged copper pieces in my kitchen.

Faux copper

Real aged copper

This is such an easy way to update the decor in your home without spending much money.

How to make faux aged copper

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I'm Sherry! I believe that you can have nice things without going in debt. I will show you my DIY projects, DIY home renovations, tips and recipes.

Hi! I am Sherry and I live in Alabama. Thanks for visiting my blog. I love beautiful things but I am passionate about decorating my home without going in debt. It is amazing how creative you can be when you are on a budget. My home is decorated with diy projects, thrift store finds, and some items purchased new. I hope that you find something you to create for your home.

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