Hi Can anyone suggest a way to give an aged or antique look to metals, especially iron.Thanks.

I finished a copper repousse lion and I wanted to patina the piece and then buff the highlights. I didn’t have any fresh liver of sulphur so I tried a 10 year old bottle of liquid liver of sulphur. I knew it wouldn’t work but I tried it anyway.

hand formed 16 and 18 gage steel with hot and cold patina

Hi All,

I would like to start a discussion on Commercial Patina Products for Copper. I know that there have been a lot of post on this subject but I would like to have everyone's opinions and experiences with certain products. What product works best for you? There are so many products on the market now that I get very confused about which one I should order. There are also dyes and not ever seeing these in person is really hard to figure out what they look like. Are dyes better than traditional patinas? What is the best way to apply them? Hot or cold patina, cold or hot copper? What is the best way to clean your copper before adding the patina? Is one Pickle better than the other? What is the best clear coat to put on your project to keep the patina from flaking off?