Pitted/used age look to brass

[Old Ford2]

Hey, This my first post, be kind. An easy way to get a “been out and about” look on brass and copper is a fifty fifty mix of hydrogen peroxide, drug store variety , and white vinegar. Make enough to completely submerse the piece, or you will end up with a two tone overlap. It works best if the solution and the piece are very warm. Just heat the clean metal under a hot water tap before submersing. It will fizz and in a minute develop a nice patina. Take it out and let it dry, it won’t wipe off, but will show natural lighter areas in time, not shiny, where you handle the rifle. This is the solution used to do home electroplating with copper.

Tuffluck, well done! Great look!
Fred

[flehto]

The only "aging" I've done to my builds is applying 44/40 cold blue to the brass  and rubbing most of it off.....yields a less shiny brass w/ some darker areas in the corners, etc. My intention isn't to age the brass, but to reduce the shine, accentuate the shapes on say a TG and high light the engraving.

Aging the brass , putting   pitted surfaces on the steel parts  and  doing no aging at all  to the stock seems to be an incomplete job which doesn't fool anyone.

Aging a rifle to simulate or copy an old original is different because a complete aging will be done....including the stock. ......Fred

[Gaeckle]

Aside from adding age to brass, don't forget screws and lock bolts and such....they need to show use as well.

Here's a project I finished up recently











I made some hammer strikes and scuff marks on the buttplate in what I think would be appropriate places, gave it a wash of cold blue that was then worked back with steel wool. After I nailed on the plate I gave it a spritz of flat black paint, then wiped off the paint to leave a residue around the nail heads. Pretty much did the same thing with the side plate.

[Billy Mike]

Gaeckle, I don't see anything.