[TheForge] copper sulfate

Sun Jul 6 10:58:01 2003

Dear Frustrated ;),

I've done a verdi gris faux finish a couple of times successfully.  It may
even offer more control to get the look the customer wants.

Start by painting every surface with a gloss dark green paint, then with a
sponge or clumped wrag dab on a turqoise and then a light sea green flat
paints.  One at time after the other dries. This gives some depth of field
and control over how the finish looks.  Make sure the paints are compatible,
acrylic enamel  won't paint over latex (or visa-versa?).  I've also heard of
marine antifouling copper paint that's very expensive, but have never tried
it.

Regards, Kevin

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[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Marc V. Davis III
(Marc of the Hammer)
Sent: Friday, 04 July, 2003 10:30 PM
To: 1The Forge
Subject: [TheForge] copper sulfate

Ok this is what I did.

I put copper sulfate into warm water until it would hold no more.
I sand blasted the table and squirted it with phosphoric acid, let dry and
then sprayed with the copper sulfate solution.

I put on 4 or 5 coats when each one dried.

It had bright copper on some places and dark brown or black in others. So I
rubbed with scotch bright and most of the black rubbed off and some of the
copper. I didn't really scrub it.

So am I doing it totally wrong or should do it again and just wipe it down
and spray a clear coat over the mess?does it take some time to dry or cure?
I was really going for the green copper effect.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

signed
Frustrated

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