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Mr. Badwrench wrote:It does discolor enamels too, but not as severely. Even though this is not what you intended, I still think it looks good, and will look even better with some additional weathering.

Thanks for the compliment. I guess I'm weird, but I really don't like the discoloration in this case.

Thanks everyone for the responses. My guess is the salt is pulling the water out of the paint, causing it to cure unevenly. This seems to be the prevailing answer and what I was suspecting. I wonder if sea salt will work better. If you like the effect without the change to the paint, you can experim...

I've been experimenting with salt weathering. The affect works well, but I'm having a problem with the paint I can't figure out. The paint near the salt is getting discolored: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ringlaser/6439184325/ You can see a discoloration of the grey paint to a lighter shade (sort of...