A bit of confusion, Bill: Burnishing: transitive verb. 1a : to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing burnish leather burnishing his sword. b : polish sense 3 attempting to burnish her image. 2 : to rub (a material) with a tool for compacting or smoothing or for turning an edge pottery with a smooth burnished surface. burnish. Burnishing fluid may have gotten it name from the darkening process it starts but the aim in armour models is to create the polished metal look of tracks that have been "burnished" by sand and mud into a dark silver shine. I still have a bottle of black'n-it which I use to darken metal model railroad items. If left untouched after treatment, the metal is a matt finish. To get the look of steel tank tracks, I would then burnish the metal with cotton buds to start a glossy, shiny look.
I was PMed by a customer who let me know that the PE Burnishing fluid does NOT work on the metal tracks. Thanks for sharing!
A bit of confusion, Bill:
Burnishing: transitive verb. 1a : to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing burnish leather burnishing his sword. b : polish sense 3 attempting to burnish her image. 2 : to rub (a material) with a tool for compacting or smoothing or for turning an edge pottery with a smooth burnished surface. burnish.
Burnishing fluid may have gotten it name from the darkening process it starts but the aim in armour models is to create the polished metal look of tracks that have been "burnished" by sand and mud into a dark silver shine.
I still have a bottle of black'n-it which I use to darken metal model railroad items. If left untouched after treatment, the metal is a matt finish. To get the look of steel tank tracks, I would then burnish the metal with cotton buds to start a glossy, shiny look.
I agree Mike, the use of the term "burnishing" is a bit confusing. "Tarnishing" might have been a better descriptor?