[TheForge] Copper plating as an outdoor finish

Wed Aug 20 15:01:03 2003

I'de dive in and do it in copper, most of the things I know how to do I
learnt because some customer wanted it.
Randy Mundt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:10 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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