Silver pencil

[AlanG]

Cheers Steve. I've just ordered a silver pencil and was wondering which way you did it

[Guest]

I do some chipping by literally dotting with the pencil. To give the impression of general wear I sand off some of the pencil and pick up the "dust" with an old short artist's brush and apply where I want. I just blow the excess away. A surprising amount seems to stick to the varnish even though it's dry.Cheers

Steve

I have used a silver pencil (its designed to be used dry) and also do "dotting with the pencil". I found that it was best to limit strokes to very tiny ones, or not do strokes at all which can look artificial, but the odd tiny random shape seems OK. Practice on some painted plastic.