too patina or not too patina...

[geordie_vaper]

should have a brass nemesis clone here soon am thinking either let the accents patina and get other parts gleaming, or have the accents shiney brass and patina the other parts, am guessing once you let the brass age you wont be able to get it back gleaming like it was without sanding it down?

[fred]

Do you think old ladies use sandpaper to get their brassware shiny? ???

If yes, think again

They use brasso

But an overnight soak in vinegar (or possibly coca-cola) would do the job.

[geordie_vaper]

i dont know any old ladies hahah

[geordie_vaper]

i was going to speed up the patina process with vinager and salt, but brasso will get them shiney again thanks off to ebay i go

[spikus]

Keep em clean and just let nature take its course !

[spikus]

And I'm Not talking about old ladies !!

[erik514]

You could use a hard boiled egg. Cut it in half and put it in a sealed bag with the mod for a couple of days.

[geordie_vaper]

vinegar works like apply it let it air dry then repeat as many times as you want, or cover in vinegar then put in the over but hell no am a gonna do that haha

[markm]

Salts from your skin will patina brass quickly enough, you
Then get a nice handled look to it where your hands
Rub the oxidisation away. Let nature take its corse and it
Looks so much better than an even oxidisation all over.

[geordie_vaper]

i just wanted the accents to be effected i wanted the main tubes to be shiney