Goodness me, that's a wicked coat! Sounds like it's more of a challenge to achieve a coat as fantastic as that. It honestly looks like a photograph of water being poured into a glass.
I really like your results, think the ink looks way better than the forced patinas. Nice job!After finding out about this product here I had to give it a try (Thanks for sharing BJ). I picked up one of there three bottle packages from hobby lobby and went to it. This stuff is great. Very easy and quick to use. Also very forgiving If you make a mistake it wipes right off with Rubbing alcohol. First time I tried it I used to much brown and it came out darker then I wanted so did not clear coat wanted to see how long it would stay on without fading. After 6 hours of use it started coming off so removed it and tried again this time with more green. Liked the way it came out so this time clear coated it. Tell me what you think? This was done on a Brass Nemesis and a brass kraken cover.
And here it is next to a forced patina mod I was in the process of doing when I started this one.
that came out awesome man. ive been screwing around with torching and forced patinas, i may try this method too, although ive been getting some great results torching copper. got one with clear drying that im gonna post later.
how difficult would you say that the alcohol ink is to do?
if you get a chance, go check out the one i already posted in the torched copper thread
Its not difficult to get it going, just takes patients. I took all the ink off 4 times before I got it looking the way I wanted it to. I would definitely recommend buying Blender when doing it though, and a felt stamper for it, cotton eventually sticks to it and screws it up. Headed over to check out your copper mod right now.
i wonder how using something like spanish moss would look? definatly an interesting texture, or maybe natural sponge
i actually have a brass patina project going right now. that damn stuff takes forever. then i think im gonna try some textured copper patina when thats done. im running out of mods to screw with!
omg....been a full 24 hours + and this clear coat is still leaving finger print indentions lol....Hurry up damnit, I want to vape this purdy lady! Going to shellac the damn thing soon if this doesn't hurry up.
ive been using crystal clear enamel by rustoleum. dry to handle in 30 minutes. i usually do three coats about 5 minutes apart, let it sit overnight, give it a light wet sanding with 600 grit, then another three coats 5 min apart. gives it a real deep shine and brings out the color. of course you dont have to go as crazy as i did, two coats would be enough
thats definatly an option, sometimes if i want to speed things along, i take a heat lamp off one of my snake tanks and put the mod under that for a while
dude that came out sick manCopper vanilla and my custom RDA. Love the look.
love it
thanks man
well done, love the patina undeneath it, that is my favorite way. been doing that on most of my projects lately
