[Jewelry making - Article 00219] - Re: [Orchid] Brown patina on copper

[Michael Honeycutt]

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    Sorry folks, I'm just now catching up on almost a months worth of
    the Orchid digest and I already know that I've lost a bunch of stuff.
    Don't ya just love those cute fuzzy internet gremlins? Enough of my
    whining. 

    I imagine that someone else has already mentioned this but I haven't
    caught up so please bear with me. I tried Tim McCreight's  ( The
    Complete Metalsmith....good book!) idea of using peanut oil on
    copper and heating it till you get the desired color. I got the most
    beautiful  reddish browns on my test pieces. I did learn that
    subsequent soldering, depending on duration and time exposure to the
    torch, can really mess  those pretty colors up. No big loss for me,
    like I said, they were test  pieces. Do your soldering and
    construction first and then go for the  peanut oil colors. 

Mike

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