[TheForge] Wrought iron patina...

Mon Jan 5 18:49:03 2004

early ones had to be.
dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Ruebush" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Wrought iron patina...


> Andy
> Are you sure the spoke is wrought iron? I'm no expert by a long ways, but
I
> didn't know off spokes being made from wrought iron.
> Larry Ruebush
> west central IL
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andy Vida" <[email protected]>
> To: "theforgemailmanqthnet" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:05 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Wrought iron patina...
>
>
> > OK, I'm wondering about something.
> >
> > I just finished a wrought iron cuff for a friend that I made from an
> > old railroad spike (there are millions of them all over the tracks in
> > places like NJ).  It is a plain cuff, nothing fancy at all.  Given my
> > almost absolute lack of tools these days, I ground the finish by hand
> > on a stone.  Came out rather nicely.  I was going to etch is for grain,
> > but my friend wanted a smooth finish, so I tried my nickel patina.
> > This produced a really nice deep purple oxide, quite pleasing to the
> > eye, much like a rokusho patina on shakudo (shakudo is an alloy commonly
> > of 4% gold in copper).
> >
> > Well, I have another little bracelet, in fact from the same spike,
> > that I thought I'd try the patina on.  The result is a very dull
> > and dark gray, approaching black.  I'm wondering why the difference
> > in result, especially given that each object came from the same piece
> > of wrought iron.  The only difference is that I etched the latter in
> > HCl.  I'm pretty sure that must be the reason that they are different,
> > but what I would like to know is why.  Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > -Andy
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