#Pee patina brass skin#

New Supralite (13 x 6) and used Patina Brass (13 x 7, in excellent condition) both going for about 200. Heat patinas will remain the same color forever. In the market for an inexpensive, 13 inch metal snare.

Use will prevent dreaded green lines or rashes on sensitive skin, but I do not ever guarantee that This Brass Patina Pork Pie snare drum features all the cut, super low end and amazing sensitivity a brass snare can offer. To base metals, and I feel completely comfortable saying that the coatings I The bite of brass with amazing sensitivity.

#Pee patina brass skin#

Coating the metals helps tremendously for folks whose skin reacts badly Hour on me and it all smells like cat pee.īrass are affected by this as well. Body temp affects metals, folks! SCIENCE! Copper changes even quicker. I wear it on a hot day for several hours onīut the side that touches skin turns chocolate brown pretty quickly. We Are One Of The Worlds Authorities On Fine Art Patina Finished Wrought Iron, Copper Brass, Gold, And Silver Over the years we have developed and redeveloped. Have a simple way to decide if a design will hold its color. I have test driven many designs and actually Things affect copper and brass no matter what you coat it with. Human skin and body temp, AND be exposed to heat and humidity in general. Why? Because the design will be in contact with Patina designs are going to change over time. You might have to try it a couple times before the desired result is seen.BUT, and this is a BIG BUT, that is not the end solution. The good thing is if it doesn't look right, you can always clean and repeat. The fumes from the ammonia will react with the brass (this works on copper items too) and in as little as 12 hours the brass will appear cloudy and green verdegris will show. When you chamber is built and the object is suspended, put perhaps 1/2 to 1 cup of ammonia in a cup or glass and leave at the bottom of the chamber. The biggest thing I did was a replica guard from an M1860 saber and used a small kitty litter box and made a custom tent-like frame that went around it and the finished product looked like a miniature greenhouse. If you can make an airtight chamber where the item in question can be suspended that is the key. For a more sanitary 'pee' method find a drafting supply company and get something stronger than household ammonia. Use a weaker solution (more water) and do it over several days and see what you got. I did some extensive research and experimentation on artificial aging on different types of metal.īolo might sound silly about the urination but he is onto something. Put the brass in a container that will catch the spray and spray it once in a while.

I know this from experience and will vouch for it 100%. It has to be a controlled enviroment but the proper way is ammonia.