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<p>[QUOTE="spirit-of-shiloh, post: 21112, member: 32"]This looks interesting. I did find the liver of sulphyr, but the brass has to be cleaned of any oils,vaarnish,etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>How To Antique Brass</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><br /></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><font size="3"><b>Ammonia Fumes</b></font></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Suspend your brass items over ammonia that is in a <u>covered</u> jar, making sure that the brass components do not come into contact with the ammonia. You can use fishing line or nylon stocking to suspend the metal. Secure it to the bottle with rubber band or sticky tape on the outside. Then lid the jar.</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>This can take a few hours. Check on progress and determine when you are satisfied with the color changes.</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>After this process, leave the antiqued brass items out in the open for a while to get rid of any lingering ammonia smell.</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b><br /></b></font></p><p><a href="http://www.jemlibrary.com/jewelry-making/how-techniques/00172-how-antique-brass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jemlibrary.com/jewelry-making/how-techniques/00172-how-antique-brass" rel="nofollow">http://www.jemlibrary.com/jewelry-making/how-techniques/00172-how-antique-brass</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="spirit-of-shiloh, post: 21112, member: 32"]This looks interesting. I did find the liver of sulphyr, but the brass has to be cleaned of any oils,vaarnish,etc. [SIZE=6][B]How To Antique Brass[/B] [B][/B] [B][SIZE=3][B]Ammonia Fumes[/B][/SIZE] Suspend your brass items over ammonia that is in a [U]covered[/U] jar, making sure that the brass components do not come into contact with the ammonia. You can use fishing line or nylon stocking to suspend the metal. Secure it to the bottle with rubber band or sticky tape on the outside. Then lid the jar. This can take a few hours. Check on progress and determine when you are satisfied with the color changes. After this process, leave the antiqued brass items out in the open for a while to get rid of any lingering ammonia smell. [/B][/SIZE] [url]http://www.jemlibrary.com/jewelry-making/how-techniques/00172-how-antique-brass[/url][/QUOTE]
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