[TheForge] Copper plating as an outdoor finish

Wed Aug 20 13:44:00 2003

copper is about a zillion times easier to forge than steel.
you braze it together or tig weld it or even mig weld it with
special wire and argon. go for it, you'll love it.
dave m

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:10 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Copper plating as an outdoor finish

> I have a customer who wants a water sculpture, Ive offered to do it in
steel
> and copper plate it so it patinates over time, question is how well does
> plating handle being wet??? if the plating is thick enough could I say 10
> years to him??? he initially asked for it to be done in copper but I dont
> fancy the learning curve to forge a new material, or should I just dive
in?
>
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