I used Vinegar, Ammonia and salt to produce interesting blue patinas on sheet copper See my other copper stuff on my instagram page / stuartrkilpatrick
Very nice blue! I've been playing with patinas these days but haven't tried vinegar yet with salt and ammonia fumes. Perhaps if after you rub off some, then repeat the process, you can build up layers? I like how the metal underneath shows through the patina. I've managed to get a nice pale teal green with copper sulphate and ammonia chrloride (but strangely also appears a more yellow green on some pieces which I've not been able to figure out - seems more of an art than an exact science?) Copper nitrate is also giving me a green - either using it with salt and distilled water as a spray-on, or copper nitrate and distilled water sprayed and very lightly heated with a torch. I got a strange ochre yellow recently after I got carried away respraying and mixing up a bunch of solutions - don't think I could repeat it though!
Thanks for the video. Im just starting this venture,experimenting with copper patinas myself... I got a nice turquoise using a vinegar, salt, and miracle grow fertilizer mix. (I didn't measure...just throw it all together...lots of salt and fertilizer.) I soaked it for about and hour then laid it out, open, on a piece of paper towel over night, & got a really nice green/turquoise colour. . Now I need to figure out how to preserve it so it doesn't rub off! :)
@@huckaday I started on my large copper bowl but forgot to wash down in vinegar first. Fuming was indifferent. Got a blue by soaking Chux towel in ammonia and covering with Glad wrap.
I went to a beginners class to metalsmithing today and we made copper pendants that are textured and shiny but I actually liked mine dull and have been wondering if I could color it . I like the blue, and your artwork is beautiful!
What kind of copper do you buy? I'm looking for copper sheets that I want to patina to use in art pieces but I don't know if it has to be a particular weight or copper foil or what. TIA.
Good Morning Stuart :)! I just watched your video! " Incredibly Gorgeous! Visually Cool! Mix of Blue Colors :)! Great Work ! Awesome Art :)! Keep Your Light Shining Bright! ..Thank you!.. Rob
Did you sand the copper first? I'm going to try this, but I will sand it, and sand it more in some areas. Idk about the vinegar tho because you get the blue with.out it. Just ammonia and salt.
Hello , Mr Stuart , I have a brass clock with spots of blue patina on from Ammonia , could you please let me know how to clean the patina off the clock . Thank you .
It depends on just how small your small town is. My town has 1600 households, one grocery, two hardware and one garden place. Between the three of them we can get what's needed for patina; however, it's Expen$ive because everything has to be trucked in from somewhere else. If you buy enough on Amazon you can get free shipping. Also, Mr. Kilpatrick may live on an island where necessities need to be ferried over.
Very nice blue! I've been playing with patinas these days but haven't tried vinegar yet with salt and ammonia fumes. Perhaps if after you rub off some, then repeat the process, you can build up layers? I like how the metal underneath shows through the patina.
I've managed to get a nice pale teal green with copper sulphate and ammonia chrloride (but strangely also appears a more yellow green on some pieces which I've not been able to figure out - seems more of an art than an exact science?) Copper nitrate is also giving me a green - either using it with salt and distilled water as a spray-on, or copper nitrate and distilled water sprayed and very lightly heated with a torch. I got a strange ochre yellow recently after I got carried away respraying and mixing up a bunch of solutions - don't think I could repeat it though!
Thanks for the video. Im just starting this venture,experimenting with copper patinas myself... I got a nice turquoise using a vinegar, salt, and miracle grow fertilizer mix. (I didn't measure...just throw it all together...lots of salt and fertilizer.) I soaked it for about and hour then laid it out, open, on a piece of paper towel over night, & got a really nice green/turquoise colour. . Now I need to figure out how to preserve it so it doesn't rub off! :)
I like your style Alana. Only new to this. Would never had thought of fertilizer. ( Carefully measured!😜🤗)
@@stephendonne737 Lol. I didn't come up with the idea myself. I saw it on a google search somewhere. Works like a charm!
@@huckaday I started on my large copper bowl but forgot to wash down in vinegar first. Fuming was indifferent. Got a blue by soaking Chux towel in ammonia and covering with Glad wrap.
Coat it in laquer...it will have a nice shine too👍
The green patina can be achieved with urine I know it sounds disgusting iv seen it happen on copper pipes behind toilet bowels. Just saying...
Why are the two blues different ? Like the face blue and keen to try it on a round beaten hanging we have.
I went to a beginners class to metalsmithing today and we made copper pendants that are textured and shiny but I actually liked mine dull and have been wondering if I could color it . I like the blue, and your artwork is beautiful!
"Whatcha doin', Stu?" "Oh, you know... JUST MAKIN' A GAUNTLET." *turns 45 degrees toward camera with deadpan stare
I find boiling the copper, then polishing with fine steel wool to get the oils off makes a more even patina
What kind of copper do you buy? I'm looking for copper sheets that I want to patina to use in art pieces but I don't know if it has to be a particular weight or copper foil or what. TIA.
Good Morning Stuart :)! I just watched your video! " Incredibly Gorgeous! Visually Cool! Mix of Blue Colors :)! Great Work ! Awesome Art :)! Keep Your Light Shining Bright! ..Thank you!.. Rob
Thanks for your comments Rob
Thanks for this video.
Nice!
cool...nice effects...
superb!
Did you sand the copper first? I'm going to try this, but I will sand it, and sand it more in some areas. Idk about the vinegar tho because you get the blue with.out it. Just ammonia and salt.
You can use krylon plastic coat to seal. Great info
you can put a protective coating on it to keep the blue
What coating? Wax?
Hello , Mr Stuart , I have a brass clock with spots of blue patina on from Ammonia , could you please let me know how to clean the patina off the clock . Thank you .
Apply salt and vinegar on the patina.
Let is sit for a minute or 5, then clean it with a wet paper towel.
girl I saw before you got green by using ammonia and salt, no vinegar
I notice you buy everything online. Is there no stores near you that you can buy this from?
It depends on just how small your small town is. My town has 1600 households, one grocery, two hardware and one garden place. Between the three of them we can get what's needed for patina; however, it's Expen$ive because everything has to be trucked in from somewhere else. If you buy enough on Amazon you can get free shipping. Also, Mr. Kilpatrick may live on an island where necessities need to be ferried over.
Patina can rub off, I suggest using some kind of clear varnish to make it more permanent.
dry wet patina in sun then rinse off excess, wax
Maybe seal it with something
The patina might hold better if you texture the metal first, check out the patina in this vid czcams.com/video/QH1NOw5t1EE/video.html
Philip Chapman Thanks, that video has some good tips I'll have a go at.
would have been nice to see the process rather than telling us what you did.
Ancient Romans used horse urine for green patina
Marvelous color but you scared the sh*zz out of me when you raised the plastic cover and kept it up. Ammonia is dangerous!!
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