I've done a few, they've turned out okay, but I have never been completely satisfied with the results...Are there any good sources of information on different tips & techniques out there anyone here is aware of and willing to share?
By "antique" do you want them to look 150+ years old or like they've seen a hard few years of field use?I've done a few, they've turned out okay, but I have never been completely satisfied with the results...Are there any good sources of information on different tips & techniques out there anyone here is aware of and willing to share?
Birchwood Casey Plum Brown with the steel heated with a hair dryerLet me elaborate, I'm looking to replicate that frosted brown patina of a well used, but not necessarily abused 160 year old original has.
Agree. I don't age anything. Let nature takes it's course.Funny, when I used to reenact everyone was defarbing there muskets and camp furniture. Seems they could not figure out the stuff was NEW than
Me too! If you want something that looks like an old original buy an old original. Like someone said. If you were issued an 1851 in 1862, it was new or slightly used. It didn't look 150 years old.I just don’t get the allure…guess I’m just too grounded in the unmentionables, I prefer the look of an unmolested, pristine firearm. I’ve also been called a perfectionist…but not by anyone who has been inside my hoard…I mean home.
Agree. You have to watch the parts as they darken very quickly. When using white vinegar heating it produces more fumes. Suspending the parts over the fumes works well. Turn the parts every so often so all sides of the part are exposed equally to the fumes so you get an even patina.Indeed Hawk. fumes work well, and for brass ammonia on a rag and placed in a plastic bag will get them aged down fast!
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