How to Force a Patina Using Vinegar & Salt | Aging & Antiquing Brass

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    In this video, I'll show you how to antique a brass flashlight using vinegar and salt. This is a great, easy way to give your brass hardware a beautiful patina, even if it's brand new.
    Gear in this video:
    Reylight Pineapple Mini (Brass): a.co/d/gxE908K
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  • @emesser7087
    @emesser7087 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you have sown tweezers with thin tips it's possible to remove all the electrical elements. That's why Iobe the reylights. So if want to force the patina the way hard way it's possible to do that too without affecting the electric parts. Thats a good thing if you have one in titanium for example and want to anodize it.
    Only downside for me is the clip. Would be cool to have it in same material

    • @edc.kansan
      @edc.kansan  ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm pretty happy with what I ended up with. I like the contrast of the clip with the natural brass

  • @CPSDave
    @CPSDave ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would like to see more patina, because I'm looking to darken brass hardware like buckles. Can you expand on the aging of brass?

    • @edc.kansan
      @edc.kansan  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The longer you leave it in the "chamber" the stronger the patina will look. I only took mine out because I wanted to get it started and let it happen naturally after that. It's much darker now.

  • @TC-vb8vu
    @TC-vb8vu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could I use this method with a light fixture?

    • @edc.kansan
      @edc.kansan  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If it's brass, then yes.

  • @iskandarnaj2789
    @iskandarnaj2789 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you do this also in copper?

    • @edc.kansan
      @edc.kansan  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Brass is a combination of copper and zinc, and the copper is what causes the patina. You should be able to do this same thing with copper, but the effect will take faster than brass.

  • @grandpiano294
    @grandpiano294 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hơw can I do it with a table top that is very big ?

    • @edc.kansan
      @edc.kansan  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You have a brass tabletop?

  • @theevilprankster
    @theevilprankster 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Does this work for stainless steel items?

    • @edc.kansan
      @edc.kansan  13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It would not. The idea for this technique is to tarnish the metal. The nature of stainless steel is to not tarnish. However, if it did start to tarnish, it would just rust.

  • @terrymiller8597
    @terrymiller8597 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    so what does the salt do?

    • @lostcat9lives322
      @lostcat9lives322 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The salt is a catalyst for oxidation.

  • @TheBootyWrangler
    @TheBootyWrangler ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol my brass looks like that after one day of using a flashlight

    • @edc.kansan
      @edc.kansan  ปีที่แล้ว

      It had a clear coat over it that protected it from getting a patina. I stripped that before doing this so it would be able to take effect well.

    • @TheBootyWrangler
      @TheBootyWrangler ปีที่แล้ว

      @@edc.kansan ah, I haven’t ever had this specific flashlight so I did not know it came with a clear coat. What an odd thing to do to an edc flash light (clear coat it from the factory that is)

    • @edc.kansan
      @edc.kansan  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheBootyWrangler I totally agree. I was wondering why it was taking soooo long to patina, then I realized it was probably never going to without me stripping it.

  • @cwoodward6614
    @cwoodward6614 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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