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That polished Kaleidoscope of color XX is truly remarkable!! Next level customizing right there, each piece a 1-off truly unique usable art piece.

If that’s a cooper’d XX - the possibilities are endless. Take some vinegar and be able to brush in polished highlights! Super oxidation with super polish - so many possibilities!

That is one of my grails, Copper plated R1 left un-sealed for corrosion and patina....

Those are some killer Christmas gifts there! :)
I like that idea! Nothing better than patina, I secretly have been collecting silver coins. I love the toning they get from age :)
 
That polished Kaleidoscope of color XX is truly remarkable!! Next level customizing right there, each piece a 1-off truly unique usable art piece.

If that’s a cooper’d XX - the possibilities are endless. Take some vinegar and be able to brush in polished highlights! Super oxidation with super polish - so many possibilities!

That is one of my grails, Copper plated R1 left un-sealed for corrosion and patina....

Those are some killer Christmas gifts there! :)


Thanks so much. Yes I'm not sure what I want to do yet but I just didn't like this look so much. I'm also having one of my polished romeos copper plated now.

I didn't like this look so much
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But I love this look now.. just gonna do a bit more green
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I like that idea! Nothing better than patina, I secretly have been collecting silver coins. I love the toning they get from age :)

That's great!! There is always something to collect isnt there. Lol
 
You shoild come visit England @Chris A Hardaway The entire place is covered in patina. :D
I'd love to. Somehow I tend to feel trapped on the continent. I've never left it, the older I get the more I wanna cross the pond buddy. So true Brian! I've always loved collecting. Baseball cards, coins, girlfriends (that's a sick joke), and sunglasses.
 
I'd love to. Somehow I tend to feel trapped on the continent. I've never left it, the older I get the more I wanna cross the pond buddy. So true Brian! I've always loved collecting. Baseball cards, coins, girlfriends (that's a sick joke), and sunglasses.

Travel while you're young. It gets exponentially harder after having a family. Unless you're rich, in which case ignore me.
 
I'd love to. Somehow I tend to feel trapped on the continent. I've never left it, the older I get the more I wanna cross the pond buddy. So true Brian! I've always loved collecting. Baseball cards, coins, girlfriends (that's a sick joke), and sunglasses.
So as you can see here on this one part it can be time consuming as hell. Some of the pits are deep. This one spot took me 30 min of sanding. 220grit to 850 to 1500. After that of course comes polishing but you can see it still needs more sanding too. That's just the single spot. I love it though.



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After sand. No polish of course


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So as you can see here on this one part it can be time consuming as hell. Some of the pits are deep. This one spot took me 30 min of sanding. 220grit to 850 to 1500. After that of course comes polishing but you can see it still needs more sanding too. That's just the single spot. I love it though.



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After sand. No polish of course


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I had no idea honestly they needed to be sanded smooth first. Makes sense to get rid of all those casting dimples first now. Great work :)
 
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