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I need to tarnish or antique a few brass double cap rivets to match the rest of the hardware on a project (no time to order antique brass rivets). Anyone know a quick and easy was to get a little tarnish going?

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The tarnish is just a little layer of oxidation, so anything that accelerates that should work. Vinegar?

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Black for brass:

2oo gm copper carbonate

1 lit ammonia /

25%/ Cold immersion!

Brown for brass:

5 gm copper sulphate

5o gm potassium permanganate

1 lit water Hot immersion(9o C)! 2-5 min.

Yellowish brown to orange/red for brass

100 gm cooper sulphate

5o gm sodium chlorate

1 lit water Hot immersion (9oC)!

or acetic acid will also work.

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