Numbers threaded & tapped with 1/2" brass tube spacers-almost ready for the house...thinking the best patina may be no patina, the bronze oxidizing/darkening naturally over time.
Some metalsmiths apparently make patina recipes from urine. They have like, jars of it cluttering up the place. Ammonia I guess. ( greeny blue) Get Lenny to do it?
Personally- ...black... ( sulphur) What beats black bronze? You've got that Hughes and Rowe patina bible-right? One time I made one of those recipes using nitric acid and it had fully orange mist comin' off'f it!! Schwepps!
*true-nothing much beats the black patina-if I did patina them that's where I'd go **re jars of urine/alchemy etc I usually let either Mo nature of the patina people take care of that-what I like about the bronze simply darkening via oxidation is that the work/lack of finish seems more evident. ***we've tried to make some decisions with the house remodel that-in the end have a natural appearance (rather than the result/look of a decision having been made....the no patina on the numbers may fall into this way of thinking also.
go natural
ReplyDeleteSome metalsmiths apparently make patina recipes from urine. They have like, jars of it cluttering up the place. Ammonia I guess. ( greeny blue) Get Lenny to do it?
ReplyDeletePersonally- ...black... ( sulphur) What beats black bronze?
You've got that Hughes and Rowe patina bible-right?
One time I made one of those recipes using nitric acid and it had fully orange mist comin' off'f it!! Schwepps!
*true-nothing much beats the black patina-if I did patina them that's where I'd go
ReplyDelete**re jars of urine/alchemy etc I usually let either Mo nature of the patina people take care of that-what I like about the bronze simply darkening via oxidation is that the work/lack of finish seems more evident.
***we've tried to make some decisions with the house remodel that-in the end have a natural appearance (rather than the result/look of a decision having been made....the no patina on the numbers may fall into this way of thinking also.