Forcing patina on copper

[Tug]

I have a copper plume veil that I want to patina.Anyone know how to do this?

[Compenstine]

It will not take that long to do it naturally just by handling it. There are ways of forcing it, but I personally do not like the results in most cases.

[Tug]

OK,its got a little bit already.maybe I'll just let it patina on its own naturally.

[Compenstine]

That's what I'm doing with my Akuma, I love a nice patina myself.

When I bought it

How it looks now

[Rixter]

[Tug]

I've seen that video,Rixter.I want a more natural look though.

[shen_long86]

i watched that vid and i thought it was pretty sweet maybe somewhere down the road when i get into mech mods and get a copper mod i will do that. but for now i am going to stay with my simple digital box mods so i know what im doing.

[vaping_jake]

you can use distilled white vinigar for a green to bluish patina boiled eggs for lght to dark brown patina

[Earthling789]

I had a really good, but dull, greenish-brown patina on my Copper Penny, and I finally got tired of looking at it... It just looked "dirty" and grungy, and had that old penny smell (yuk). I polished it really well with Mother's Fine-metal polish, and restored it's shiny "new penny" look (and smell). Now, after sitting on the shelf for a month, it has a beautiful reddish hue to it!

I've never been one to force patina on any brass, bronze, or copper... I think a natural evolution just looks more... well... "natural", lol.