Patina

[Tom Carter]

Does anyone have a good product for addng patina to metal. I use vinegar but it takes a while to work and I would like to find something that is faster. Thanks, Tom

[edgarspencer]

Tom, I'll PM you.

[charlie cleveland]

an apple or orange will work fast on a knife blade... charlie

[David Holes]

I have used carpet rust remover with good results. I would say it etches the surface.

[Dean Romig]

Tom, I used a 50/50 mix of apple cider vinegar and (please excuse for the more gentile reader) urine on the trigger guard bow I sent you the picture of last week.

[wayne goerres]

They used something like that a 100 years ago for browning.

[Ed Blake]

Find a boy aged 12-15 years of age and have him handle the gun. His sweaty hands will turn anything brown resulting in a nice patina. I know this for a fact.

[Brian Dudley]

They used something like that a 100 years ago for browning.

I have heard that too. The first leak of the morning on a set of barrels and then let them rust in a hickory shed.

[Steve Cambria]

Awwwwww Dean, you just brightened an otherwise gloomy day. That reply alone was worth the $40 cover charge!! And I thought it was only TEAM FOX that would ever remotely think of PEEING on a PARKER!!!!:bigbye:

Chugged a quart of iced tea, grabbed my VH and am heading out to the Hickory Shed to add a bit more Parker Patina. Hump-Day just turned a
"wee bit" more bearable!!!!! :rotf:

[Tom Carter]

You know....When you ask for help in this crowd you never know what you'll get.......... Cheers everybody and thanks for all the advise...even Dean. Tom

[wayne goerres]

It will take me mounths to add patina to all my guns. I may have to hire people.

[Tom Carter]

Dean, I will wager you won't hear the end of this. Cheers, Tom

[Steve Cambria]

I'm with you Wayne!! That "recipe" hit me at a weak moment and I laughed so damn hard I think I added another 18 years of "peetina" to the front of my shorts!!!:rotf:

[Dean Romig]

An overnight dip in the 'secret formula' produced a pleasant "French gray" tone to a brightly polished trigger guard bow.

Here is the trigger guard in question.



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[Larry Frey]

Note to self; Always wear shooting gloves when examining any more of Dean's guns.:eek:

[Gerald McPherson]

I thought that old double smelled funny!!!!!!!!!!!!:rotf::rotf: and now:crying::banghead:

[Jeff Kuss]

Dean,
Who engraved the woodcock on the trigger guard?

[Rick Losey]

I am just glad my replacement screw was on its way before Tom started getting advice from Dean.

[edgarspencer]

I am never going to be able to look you in the eye again

[Russ Jackson]

You know ,One of us recently purchased a Beautiful Forend from this Fellow ,I am wondering if he has any " SPECIAL TREATMENT " for wood :rotf:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Russ Jackson]

By the way Dean ,The Trigger Guard looks Great ! Love the Woodcock ! Russ

[Dean Romig]

Geoffroy Gournet is the engraver of his trademark Bulino woodcock and full moon.

Now I'll need to buy his etching of this same motif.

[rufus thames]

The web has patina pruducts also
See patina f/x
Some finishes & instructions
Also some how to
Hoping this will be to some use, if you haven't already.
Rufus T

[scott kittredge]

An overnight dip in the 'secret formula' produced a pleasant "French gray" tone to a brightly polished trigger guard bow.

Here is the trigger guard in question.



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my dog has put his " secret formula" on my gun and I was none to haPPy:crying: scott

[wayne goerres]

Russ You must be refuring to special treatment no two. Kind of brings us full circle back to the gun someone found in the chicken coop.

[Daryl Corona]

Tom, I used a 50/50 mix of apple cider vinegar and (please excuse for the more gentile reader) urine on the trigger guard bow I sent you the picture of last week.

Dean;
After seeing the outcome of your trigger guard I think you missed your opportunity in life. Let's just say you pi**ed away a good income source.:eek: