Antique Copper Flower Pots are a fun way to add a little sparkle and color in a vintage way to your patio, garden, or even front porch. You can make the Antique Copper Flower Pots using metallic paint glazes that most people would think to put on the wall.
Metallic glazes are the easiest way to create dramatic metallic look on your Antique Copper Flower Pots. This is a simple project; you don’t need to have any experience with glazing or even painting.
There are a few differ coats of paint in this Antique Copper Flower Pots project, so you will need a few days to complete the entire vintage garden craft project. You won’t be working all day, but the drying paint will take some time.
To Paint an Antique Copper Flower Pots You Will Need:
Terra Cotta Flower pots, Plastic flower pots
Terra Cotta Colored Paint
Copper Glaze
Paint trays
Paintbrushes
Polyurethane
The first step when applying any type of copper glaze to a flowerpot is to choose the right base coat of primer.
This is the most important part of the entire Antique Copper Flower Pots project and I cannot stress this to you enough. So, go ahead and primer your entire flower pot with a good quality primer in gray if you can find it.
You need to paint the Antique Copper Flower Pots with a base coat of terra cotta colored paint in a color that will complement the copper glaze.
This step is so important you cannot skip it.
The second most important step in applying a faux copper paint treatment to your terra cotta flowerpot is to know that less is more. This means fewer glazes. You wan to work in small layers and add moor copper glaze as needed.
Now, to get started you simply roll on the base coat of the terra cotta paint in the appropriate color. Allow this paint color to dry.
Tip: You should always wash the terra cotta flowerpot before hand. Use a combination of water and Clorox. Let them air dry in the sun.
Now, roll on the copper glaze with a foam roller. You could also paint it on with a soft bristled paintbrush in an X motion. The great thing about a faux copper paint treatment that uses glaze is that glaze can often stay wet a little longer than traditional paint, which extends the time you have to work with it on the Antique Copper Flower Pots.
So, with a little prep work, some know how, and an acknowledgement of the limitations of this faux paint treatment, you really can create a great looking Antique Copper Flower Pots.
To clean your Antique Copper Flower Pots after they have been painted I recommend using a damp sponge with a little non-abrasive cleaner. Dish soap in small amounts would be fine. You should immediately dry your placemats so the paint does not stay wet to long. While this copper paint treatment should last a long time on your placemats the real enemy will be water.
For a two toned copper look try painting on your lip of the flowerpot in a darker terra cotta or brick color. This will give you a neat solid outline when you apply your copper glaze.
