Does anyone know how to "age/antique" brass? I've got some hinges that are a little too bright for my taste.
Picking a nit, but as a chemist does it bother you that the page says they do it without chemicals and then use sodium chloride and acetic acid?As a chemist I like the simplicity of this method: Salt water and vinegar dip followed by heating in the oven. Buff with 0000 steel wool if desired and recoat with rattle can lacquer.
http://tresjolidesign.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/how-to-age-brass-without-chemicals/
Picking a nit, but as a chemist does it bother you that the page says they do it without chemicals and then use sodium chloride and acetic acid?
I do like the simplicity.
One of my favorites is quinine (from the cinchona tree) dating to pre-WWII treatment of malaria. Synthetic quinine was produced in a lab in the 1940s to boost the supply for our soldiers in the Pacific theatre. Well, the latter is a chemical so I now omit the Schweppe's Tonic and drink straight gin!
Well if we get back into nerd speak, it is a solution of diluted uric acid and inorganic salts, so I would expect it to have similar results to the vinegar and salt method.
Well if we get back into nerd speak, it is a solution of diluted uric acid and inorganic salts, so I would expect it to have similar results to the vinegar and salt method.
I tried the salt/vinegar/heating, didn't work. then I did the salt/vinegar/ammonia worked like a champ
Interesting. How about a few pics for visual effect?