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03-22-2009, 01:50 PM
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Antiquing / Darkening Brass
Following a tip about using Easy-Off to antique / darken brass, I experimented with one brass end of a left over GM ramrod…cleaned the end with Acetone, sprayed on the Easy-Off, let it sit a few hours while I ran some errands, then wiped off the chemicals and was amazed at how well it took.
I also checked to see if it would come off but it wouldn’t…even Acetone wouldn’t phase it, so it’s a permanent color change. Appears that the amount of “antiquing” and darkness can be controlled by the amount of Easy-Off, how it’s applied, how long it’s allowed to stay on the brass surface, etc. I happen to like the power / strength / dependability of a brass under barrel ramrod, so next I’ll experiment with a brass range rod to see how something that big turns out, then do an actual underbarrel rod. BEFORE  AFTER 
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03-24-2009, 08:20 AM
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Looks good.
I just purchased a pedersolli kentuky flinter. All that shiny brass made it look like a toy. so when i ran the first spit patch after shooting i wiped all the brass with it. tarnished it instantly. some bored day i may polish and try your idea. it does look more antique than tarnish. but for now at least it doesnt look like a toy :-) eric
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03-24-2009, 03:14 PM
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Looks good....almost like it's 'case colored". I tend to let the brass on my Hawken tarnish up on it's own.
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03-24-2009, 10:42 PM
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Yes, I wanted to get away from the routine mustard color brass patina thing...wanted to try something darker
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03-25-2009, 11:13 AM
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good tip for brass!
here's one for blue- I just did a replacement loading lever and conversion cylinder on my 1861 Remington Army.Used valve grinding compound and fine steel wool to thin the blue then hammered emery cloth to give a light pitted look.reblue to darken the "pits" and thin again,then a brass wheel to smooth.amazingly the results are very nice and match the grey patina of the almost 150 yr old iron well.
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