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lint Special user Concord, CA 967 Posts |
I was fortunate enough to pickup a set of these cups on eBay for $35. I really like them but I wanted the design on the cups to pop out a bit more. I used an old trick of rubbing them down with shoe polish to replicate grime. Once they had dried overnight and the polish had gassed off I polished them with a clean cloth. The rubdown removes the grime from the surface but leaves it embedded in the design grooves.
I really enjoy the effect and like the way the cups look even more now.
"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip..." -English Proverb
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rockthemike Special user Seattle 695 Posts |
Wow.
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dcjames Special user 577 Posts |
Wow indeed!
I picked up a set of these and also the standard sized embossed FT cups a couple of months ago. The shoe polish aintiquing definitely enhances the look of these cups. Thanks for sharing this Todd! Great photos as well.
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Loopback Veteran user Lincoln, Nebraska 359 Posts |
Nice job Lint!
How do they stack? |
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Tom Fenton Inner circle Leeds, UK (but I'm Scottish) 1477 Posts |
I have never heard of using shoe polish to antique cups.
It looks good.
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afinemesh Inner circle Senseless gibberish that amounts to 2621 Posts |
Yes, really nice. And only $35. Very cool!
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lint Special user Concord, CA 967 Posts |
Shoe polish (the kind that comes in a puck shaped container) is used heavily in the movie prop world to add age and grime to things with small grooves, engravings, etc. It works fantastic for fake aging coins and the like.
Todd
"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip..." -English Proverb
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fortasse Inner circle 1201 Posts |
Nicely done, Todd. I know you've been experimenting with this for a while so it's good to see you've made a real artistic breakthrough.
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Richard Evans Inner circle 1379 Posts |
Nice job, Todd. It's amazing how those cups have been transformed. Fantastic look.
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rklew64 Inner circle 1265 Posts |
How dare you showing ingenuity and resourcefulness!
Glad this thread is small right now, all of us will have a chance to get a set before depleting the supply. Thanks for sharing this great discovery! |
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AndrewJ New user Travis County, TX 70 Posts |
Oh wow.
I was just showing my wife the auction for the silver and gold cups and explaining that I was more than happy with my $20 set of cups. Now I'm not so happy with the $20 set, knowing this is just a few dollars more. Excellent work. |
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BCS Inner circle 1083 Posts |
Todd… I am late to this post; you made those Cups look fantastic, your fantastic photos just blew me away.
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lint Special user Concord, CA 967 Posts |
Thanks for all the kind words. I should have also noted that when the shoe polish is dry there is virtually no smell from it and it is hardened enough to not leave any residue on your hands. You could of course remove it all from the grooves with a bit of scrubbing to get the cups back to their normal appearance as well.
-todd
"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip..." -English Proverb
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Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3014 Posts |
You don't happen to have any "before" shots, would you Todd? Would be interesting to compare the two!
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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cupsandballsmagic Inner circle 2705 Posts |
Here's what mine looked like before Todd did his...
Come to think of it, mine still looked like that after Todd did his?????? Bri |
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Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3014 Posts |
For 35 bucks?? Sign me up.
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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lint Special user Concord, CA 967 Posts |
I got them for a steal. they are normally priced over $100 on magic sites. I just happened to get them at a buy it now price for a song...
"There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip..." -English Proverb
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Erwin New user 56 Posts |
I've used a similar technique (not on embossed C&B) using permanent marker pen and wiping clean the raised areas with solvent. Your boot polish method leaves residue behind deep in the recesses which looks more like genuine aging. I like it!
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Andrew Zuber Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 3014 Posts |
Eh, I'll just steal Bri's whenever I see him. Far cheaper and saves on shipping.
"I'm sorry - if you were right, I would agree with you." -Robin Williams, Awakenings
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BCS Inner circle 1083 Posts |
I thought that a set of those Fun Time Cups would look great on a bookshelf with Todd’s treatment; I just check the bidding site and they are now “buy now” for $59.99 a set.
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