Hi Will,
An associate and I did a HUGE silicon bronze tree years ago. And when we got to the patina stage........we just sandblasted the whole tree,which saved an enormous amount of time, and spray misted a "Darkening" chemical (from Sur-Fin. patinausa.com*) Kept misting until we got the whole tree very dark...then went back with scotch bright pads and hand rubbed it to bring out the texture of the "bark". Then we put multiple coats of incralac on it and a wax top coat.
*BUT there are many companies like them that sell this by the gallon. BirchwoodCasey.com comes to mind.
looking forward to seeing your tree completed....
take care,
will i am :)
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Hi Will,
An associate and I did a HUGE silicon bronze tree years ago. And when we got to the patina stage........we just sandblasted the whole tree,which saved an enormous amount of time, and spray misted a "Darkening" chemical (from Sur-Fin. patinausa.com*) Kept misting until we got the whole tree very dark...then went back with scotch bright pads and hand rubbed it to bring out the texture of the "bark". Then we put multiple coats of incralac on it and a wax top coat.
*BUT there are many companies like them that sell this by the gallon. BirchwoodCasey.com comes to mind.
looking forward to seeing your tree completed....
take care,
will i am :)