Patina
 

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

Tom, I'll PM you.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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:

What next?????
 

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

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

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

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:

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

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

Dean,
Who engraved the woodcock on the trigger guard?

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

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

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:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

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.

probly not as good as the latet
 

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

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

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.

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: