[TheForge] Copper plating as an outdoor finish

Thu Aug 21 06:55:01 2003

It also welds real nice using the parent material as the rod. After
finishing, you could never tell.

Harry
Rusty Dog Forge

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Just dive in. Copper is easier. Just think brazing or soldering, or rivets
instead of forge welding.

Mike Graf

Shannell Sugrue wrote:

> 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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