The story came to us through a befriended custom car and motorcycle builder: He was able to apply a metal coating to just about any material that could be coated with a regular lacquer layer that actually has all the physical properties of the metal in question. He used it himself to give cars and motorbikes a rusty 'rat look'. Because the sprayed-on iron layer that he uses, he will - with respect for his substrate - just really rust if he is not treated. And there are people who like that.
A rat-look rust effect is now possible with a special mixture of liquid metal with a binder. This means that a layer of real iron can be applied to almost any surface, allowing it to rust, without affecting the surface.
The rust remains superficial, because the binder also serves as a kind of protector and does not cause the surface to deteriorate.
The big advantage of this "metal spraying" is that in fact all objects can be metalized, something that is normally very expensive or even impossible. Think of difficult angles, complex reliefs or other objects. And all that completely seamless, because just sprayed.
The sprayed layer consist of a very finely ground metal or metal alloy in a liquid carrier. These types of metal are brass, bronze, old bronze, bronze white, copper, aluminum, iron, zinc, tin, stainless steel, nickel-silver, gold, Gunsmoke, Reflex S01 and medical 01 copper.
With different approaches, the metal coatings can give an outdated look, patina. This way copper can be made green or black.
If you are interested in this phenomenon, you should check out Google under “Verometaal” or “Verometal”
And that 'the same' result can be achieved with paint? Mandigers Rustlook proves that.