AuntLynnie
06-13-2006, 07:35 AM
OK. I learned the awesomest way to distress metal in his class!
This is GREAT for the tape you run around memory glass (so it's not so shiny). It can work for other metals, too:
Cut your metal to size (if cutting).
Lay it out on a nonmetal surface that will contain any runoff liquid.
Apply BLACK PATINA (http://www.glassmart.com/patinas.asp) to it with a q-tip.
DONE. (You don't have to use THIS web site to order your black patina -- I have never used this web site. It's just an example. If you have a stained glass shop around, you should be able to buy black patina from them.)
WORDS OF WARNING:
1. Black Patina WILL distress ALL metal it touches, including wedding rings.
2. DO NOT double-dip the q-tip into the solution, because doing so will neutralize the whole batch.
Tim bought a small plastic bottle (like the ones for acrylic paint with a flip-top lid) and squirts a little of the patina on the qtip, so there's no danger of contaminating the whole bottle of solution.
The cool thing? It's SUPER cheap!
Oh, and evidently there are other patinas out there. He just happened to use black patina for this project. :shades:
Here's MORE INFO (http://www.beadshop.com/learnonline/dictionary/metal/silverblack.aspx) about patinas.
This is GREAT for the tape you run around memory glass (so it's not so shiny). It can work for other metals, too:
Cut your metal to size (if cutting).
Lay it out on a nonmetal surface that will contain any runoff liquid.
Apply BLACK PATINA (http://www.glassmart.com/patinas.asp) to it with a q-tip.
DONE. (You don't have to use THIS web site to order your black patina -- I have never used this web site. It's just an example. If you have a stained glass shop around, you should be able to buy black patina from them.)
WORDS OF WARNING:
1. Black Patina WILL distress ALL metal it touches, including wedding rings.
2. DO NOT double-dip the q-tip into the solution, because doing so will neutralize the whole batch.
Tim bought a small plastic bottle (like the ones for acrylic paint with a flip-top lid) and squirts a little of the patina on the qtip, so there's no danger of contaminating the whole bottle of solution.
The cool thing? It's SUPER cheap!
Oh, and evidently there are other patinas out there. He just happened to use black patina for this project. :shades:
Here's MORE INFO (http://www.beadshop.com/learnonline/dictionary/metal/silverblack.aspx) about patinas.