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Etsy Metal Blog Carnival - Patinas

7/6/2014

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Time for the Blog Carnival! What patinas do you use? Any favorite recipes? 
Any disasters? Techniques & tips? 
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I do a lot of torch fired enameling. I like the colors you can get with enamels, but a lot of the time I think of enamels as a patina. Not trying to get a solid even color, but a color mixed in with metal, leaving a more weathered, aged look. The benefit of using enamels in this way is that the look is relatively permanent. I don't need to seal it in any way.

BUT one of my favorite things to do is experiment. AND patinas on metal just cry out to be experimented with. You also have to give way to complete control when experimenting with patinas. For me, part of the fun is seeing what happens when you mix it all up. (Also when experimenting with patinas, it is a good idea to be sure to wear the proper protective equipment – goggles, gloves, dust or fume masks, etc.)
What you see here is an experiment with borax and heat. It is also cool to watch the borax bubble up when you torch it.
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I like to collect patinas. That means when I'm doing other processes like etching or pickling, I can't help but notice the reactions on the metal when I leave a piece out (for a long time - I'm a little sloppy!) after etching and noticing the natural patina it has. So I gather the materials that created that look and match them up in different ways. I have an old plastic muffin tin (is it still called a tin if it's made out of plastic?) and I'll put the bits I have left over or mix up some new combos. Later I'll add water and paint them on metal.
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This is a piece of steel with a torch patina
Here is a pair of earring with patinized enamel on the top discs and a salt, lemon juice, and copper patina sealed with clear nail polish.

Sometimes I will seal my patinas with a carnuba wax, or hair spray (Aqua Net), or clear nail polish. A friend of mine just gave me a can of Nikolas spray lacquer, but I haven't tried it yet. She liked it a lot, said that it didn't affect the patina.

Other patinas I use are liver of sulphur, prismacolor pencils, sometimes LOS with prismacolor pencils.
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Check out and see what other Etsy Metal Members do with patinas!
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Kirsten link
7/7/2014 11:54:29 pm

I love the color you get!

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Evelyn link
7/8/2014 06:06:44 am

Thanks, Kirsten!!

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Mary J Luke
7/8/2014 04:13:15 am

I really like making a solution of borax and water, the consistency is very soupy, the borax saturates the water. dip your copper piece in the solution and then torch fire it until copper is bright cherry red color and quench in borax solution, this gives you an incredibly rich red patina, you can do this multiple time to the same piece until you reach the color you desire.

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Evelyn link
7/8/2014 06:07:17 am

Ooo that sounds cool, Mary! I will have to try it!!

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Mary J Luke
7/9/2014 04:12:19 am

Learned this from Ken Bova who learned it from one of his students. You can't do this on anything that has been soldered. Very beautiful and deep rich red color.

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