In short: There is no way!!!!
Long way round: I was into restoring antique radio for many
years and they used every kind of texture known to man on
those old radios to fancy them up. For many, many years I
looked into getting paint to wrinkle, crackle, hammertone in
various ways. All the methods are propitiatory and they're not
in any new or old treaties on paint manufacturing or
finishing that I could find. I've heard hundred of different
opinions on how to get the textures and tried most of them.
Never had success with any of the methods.
CASO, best bet is to choose a rattle can that is close and go
with that. Even that will not give you the same effect that
the original hammertome looked like. I'll bet it is rough but
the surface is completely smooth. The Rustoleum or Hammertone
brands leave pock marks, makes the part look like it had acne.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
