Corroding Brass - Verdigris Patination Techniques

An excerpt from my Lady of Pain build video specifically looking at corroding brass.
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[@jaygee6823]

great tutorial. Thank you!!

[@miriamfeldhausen9402]

Oh man, as a Planescape lover, and a crafter, this is just fabulous. I am very impressed! Whatever/whoever you are making this for, I imagine everyone will be blown away.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! This ended up as a gift for my brother in law :)

[@kyleshore9591]

I actually wanted to remove patina... but I saw the Lady of Pain and I had to come see.

[@johnmillard2931]

I added tree stake fertilizer to a plant that was in a brass pot. It made a huge green blue Cover to the pot.

[@thedarkpower]

Interesting! Might be worth having an experiment with that.

[@johnmillard2931]

@@thedarkpower Jobes fertilizer stake.

[@rudra7615]

What a great concept for a sculpture.

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah it's a cool idea. I should make it clear this isn't my design, it's from Dungeons and Dragons :)

[@rebekahleib9303]

omg, as a huge Planescape fan, that sculpture of the Lady is AMAZEBALLS! :O :O Wow! You did an amazing job!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much :)

[@capelhanbury-tenison1288]

good video, thanks. the flux is a good tip. You can fix the patination (to stop it falling off) by using Jade Oil or bees' wax softened in white spirits.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for the tip - I've been polyurthane spray previously but I'll have to give those options a go.

[@meadmaker4525]

No disrespect, as I don't know how you feel about cars, but I've been thinking of doing a steampunk-themed rat-rod and this sculpture would be perfect on the grill or the doors. What a fantastic, beautiful piece!! Thanks for sharing this!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yeah that would work pretty well :)

[@kalinagoedge2777]

Thank you for this excellent process explanation!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching! Glad it was useful :)

[@icespeckledhens]

Interesting techniques. The sculpture is excellent, I love it.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much!

[@jpdenat1]

Very cool > would love to see more examples of your work !

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! There are loads on my channel.

[@DBrentWalton]

The table salt creates cupric cloride, for a different color than the cupric sulfide.

[@mattinkel7342]

Beautiful job sir

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers dude, I appreciate it!

[@Dasfiend23]

Useful vid with good tips. Thanks!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching, glad it was useful!

[@maxsimon6835]

holy shit, the final mask is fukin crazy

[@ryanrhodes5819]

I’ve never used steel wool instead I’ve been using steel shavings that occur during drilling. Wool sounds much easier thanks. Beautiful color on that piece by the way good looking job overall. Right on.

[@ryanrhodes5819]

Ammonia will give you blues. And not turn the color of your soldier

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Ah interesting, I did winder if there were ways of getting different colours. I'll have to give it a go 😁

[@thackerman123]

Great video Dark Power - we are trying to master this technique to speed up the aging process on some Victorian Brassfoundry for our front door so going to have fun experimenting would welcome any advice!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks. You need to make sure the surface of the metal is clean, so it's worth sanding it with some wire wool prior to applying the patination agent. The verdigree can be a little delicate too, so worth sealing it with a spray varnish once you're happy with the look.

[@CreachterZ]

Nice video. Did you use just regular rosin flux?

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks - yeah it was standard plumbers flux.

[@SodiumInteresting]

have you tried ammonia fuming with rock salt, im sure you've come across it. i really like the lady of pain 😅🤣

[@thedarkpower]

I'd not heard of that one, will have to give it a go. Thanks!

[@TheFiown]

Hi, a question, I have a HUGE brass hall lantern which looks like treated ( varnished? ) brass so it's not flat, does this technique work or would I have to strip the brass first ? thankx

[@thedarkpower]

I think things like that tend to be treated with a varnish or wax to stop them tarnishing. So you'd need to clean that off to the bare metal before using this technique. However you could always test a small section first off to see what happens.

[@WeirdSide]

Not wanting to sound too forward, but can I come round your house and make a little film about you and your cool stuff?

[@WeirdSide]

I've just found your channel and I love it

[@thedarkpower]

@@WeirdSide Thanks! Well I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea - wanna drop me an email and we can see what we can do? www.thedarkpower.com/php/contact.php
Incidentally, I was watching your video with Mr B - I'm seeing him play on saturday!

[@WeirdSide]

@@thedarkpower wow was that a coincidence or did you go to see him because of my film?

[@thedarkpower]

Just a coincidence - I go to alot of steampunk events and he's very popular in the scene.

[@robertstuehrenberg5719]

Great video, thanks. I have never had any long term success with spray on poly of any kind. The corrosion will eventually cause the finish to detach and it will come off in large flakes. I have had a lot of great results with 2 parts linseed oil and 1 part turpentine. You can thin the linseed oil a bit more if you want to spray it on with a HVLP. I’ve also used Penetral. It will darken the patina and once it is applied it has to be sanded off. Solvents will not take it off. It works well on raw metals as well. @STUE1122

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching. I've not had a problem with it really - I went for it initially as it seemed to be quite hard wearing as it was designed for furniture. Prior to that I'd used lacquers and they were OK too, although you can knock chunks off if you're not careful, particularly around the edges of the piece. Thanks for the tips I'll have to have an experiment.

[@newtrending4519]

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