The interior designers and people who are engaged in production of jewelry know how the made old copper attractively looks. Vintage jewelry and vintage elements of decor are fashionable now. In order that to receive them, it is not obligatory to wait long at all, it is possible to make old quickly copper artificially.
It is required to you
- Copper product,
- ammonia solution,
- medium-grained nail file or fine-grained abrasive paper,
- cover from glass jar,
- cap from bottle,
- saucer,
- plastic or glass container.
Instruction
1. Quickly to make old copper, it is necessary to process it in a special way. Depending on the product size, the medium-grained glass nail file or fine-grained abrasive paper can be necessary for you. Process new copper product abrasive paper or nail file. If you process accessories for production of jewelry, take nail file and process copper on all surface so that it looked scratched, but was not rough. If the accessories are rough, it will cling to clothes. If it is about larger copper products, process not all surface equally. Most of all process abrasive paper speakers, sharp places and also deepenings and small parts. However, try not to leave the places absolutely raw by abrasive paper.
2. Further quickly to make old copper, it is necessary to achieve its oxidation. To oxidize copper products, you will need ammonia. In pure form it does not meet, but it is always possible to get ammonia solution which is ammonia solution in water. It is possible to get ammonia solution in any pharmacy. Further it is necessary to find the plastic or glass container comparable to the sizes of the processed copper product. Take this container and put (put) there copper product which you want to make old. Take cap from bottle if you want to make old accessories or other small copper subject, and pour ammonia solution there. If you process larger product, take saucer or cover from small glass jar, and pour ammonia solution there. Put cap or ware with ammonia solution in the same container where the copper product costs or lies. Close densely cover and wait. After a while you will see that copper has darkened, and does not look new any more.