How do you guys do a Faux curly or tiger striped look? I just got an "El Cheapo" gun that I am going to strip and practice some inleting on, and when I refinish it I'd like to give it a striped look. Also, while I'm asking for help. Is there a way to age brass so it looks a little darker. I'm sure I can get the green look, but I don't want that. I am looking for a brownish color. Any Ideas? If I can't get a good look I am just going to by steel hardware.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
Photog.... Checkout Faux Curly Maple in the "How To" board. I think they have it all spelled out there.
http://traditionalmuzzleloadingcheap.com/forum/index.php?topic=584.0
Hey thanks, any ideas on the brass.
You can get this look by polishing your brass and applying Birchwood Casey liquid gun blue then buff back to the shade you want with 0000 steel wool
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u247/jbullard1954/Guns%20and%20Shooting/HPIM2226.jpg)
Photog..... I like my brass shiney. ;D Sorry, but I don't have a clue as to how to make it dark. I'm sure some of these guys know how to do it. LOL I see that reply came in as I was typing this one. :D
To brown your brass -- crack a couple of eggs and whip 'em up. Apply goo to brass.
Seriously. I've done a couple of guns this way.
I'm sure there's some "official" chemical or concoction that is designed to do the trick, but eggses does it.
caution: the above method should include this warning"bbl must be cold to prevent scrambling or " do this only after breakfast""(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f26/1057/rotf.gif)(http://http:/%3Cbr%20/%3E/i44.photobucket.com/albums/f26/1057/rotf.gif)
sorry i tried to not do this. :-\(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f26/1057/rotf.gif)
Quote from: tom-h on August 12, 2008, 07:51:21 PM
caution: the above method should include this warning"bbl must be cold to prevent scrambling or " do this only after breakfast""(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f26/1057/rotf.gif)(http://http:/%3Cbr%20/%3E/i44.photobucket.com/albums/f26/1057/rotf.gif)
sorry i tried to not do this. :-\(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f26/1057/rotf.gif)
Well, if you heat the brass before applying the egg you eat the omelet afterward....
Somehow reminds me of when I was in one Science class or another, back in high school -- we were doing the chicken broth thing over little burners -- I think the idea was to let the stuff sit out day after day and monitor how long it took to build up bacteria. Well, I was hungry. The broth smelled good. I failed that project. Oh well.
Oh man! Multi-tasking, making breakfast and treating the parts all at the same time!(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v68/Ironwood/Emotes/rotf.gif)