http://www.artmetal.com/tags/aging The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.artmetal.com/blog/lee_herendeen/2008/11/keeping_or_restoring_the_new_penny_look_to_your_copper <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>When copper is exposed to air, it begins to age and change color. This is both normal and useful, since the patina coating serves as a protectant for the raw copper underneath. Some people, however, prefer the shiny, “new penny” appearance of raw copper, or wish to restore their copper to a new appearance. To do this requires nothing more than polishing the roof to the desired appearance, cleaning off all traces of the polish, and then applying a specially formulated clear coating to keep the copper looking new. Of these three steps, cleaning &amp; polishing accounts for 95% of the successful results, and most failures are due to skimping during this necessary step.</p> <br class="clear-both" /><!-- google_ad_section_end --> <p><a href="http://www.artmetal.com/blog/lee_herendeen/2008/11/keeping_or_restoring_the_new_penny_look_to_your_copper">read more</a></p> http://www.artmetal.com/blog/lee_herendeen/2008/11/keeping_or_restoring_the_new_penny_look_to_your_copper#comment aging copper copper protectant copper shield patination Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:23:05 -0600 Lee Herendeen 7216 at http://www.artmetal.com http://www.artmetal.com/blog/m_charles/2007/05/copper_etching <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>Learned to appreciate the amazing beauty and versatility of copper. Have learned to etch copper using a particular ink (dye) and ferric chloride. Now need to know how to 'darken' the detail (negative) of the etching. At a recent art festival, we discovered, purchased from, and raved about an artist who worked primarily in copper. Her copper jewelry is amazing. I have been trying to get a similar look by stamping on copper, etching, and then trying to age it. I am not using the term patina per se as I know how to patina copper to produce many different blended and amazing colors (reds, greens, blues, yellows, etc). I need to blacken the negative of the etching so the image "pops", and I need to age the copper so it is not shining like a Greek polished brass mirror.</p> <br class="clear-both" /><!-- google_ad_section_end --> <p><a href="http://www.artmetal.com/blog/m_charles/2007/05/copper_etching">read more</a></p> http://www.artmetal.com/blog/m_charles/2007/05/copper_etching#comment aging copper etching patina Wed, 30 May 2007 20:57:36 -0500 M.Charles 3718 at http://www.artmetal.com http://www.artmetal.com/blog/lostheart/2006/08/need_help_i_need_to_age_metal_parts_and_add_a_nice_patina <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p>Hi there!<br /> First off, I'm a newbee and don't work much with metal at all, but when I came across a blog entry here dealing with the patination of brass I knew that I'm at the right place!<br /> I am in the process of building a reproduction of an old guitar and I need to age the metal parts so they look convincing.</p> <br class="clear-both" /><!-- google_ad_section_end --> <p><a href="http://www.artmetal.com/blog/lostheart/2006/08/need_help_i_need_to_age_metal_parts_and_add_a_nice_patina">read more</a></p> http://www.artmetal.com/blog/lostheart/2006/08/need_help_i_need_to_age_metal_parts_and_add_a_nice_patina#comment aging patina vintage Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:16:50 -0500 lostheart 3095 at http://www.artmetal.com