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Old 1st Jan 2022, 9:50 pm   #21
bigfathairyvika
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Default Re: Methods of darkening/distressing/antiqueing copper

This is a copper pipe near my central heating pump.
It has a golden copper colour to it.
This was done by polishing to a mirror finish using Brasso then many hours of heating and cooling resulting in the gloss deep golden finish.

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Default Re: Methods of darkening/distressing/antiqueing copper

Here's the final result, using the boiled-egg technique.

I boiled the egg for 10 minutes, removed the shell and chopped up the egg in a jam jar.

The pointer was polished with Brasso, then further cleaned in IPA and dried.

I suspended it in the jar above the chopped egg, screwed on the lid and left it. After just 5 minutes I had the desired result (leaving it longer over-egged the pointer but I just cleaned-off and repeated).

On removal, I sprayed with a few light coats of acrylic lacquer.
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