Faux curly maple?

[Photog]

 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

[Ironwood]

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

[Photog]

Hey thanks, any ideas on the brass.

[Chaffa Hosa]

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

[Ironwood]

Photog..... I like my brass shiney.  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

[mongrel]

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.

[tom-h]

caution: the above method should include this warning"bbl must be cold to prevent scrambling or " do this  only after breakfast""

sorry  i tried to not do this. :-\

[mongrel]

caution: the above method should include this warning"bbl must be cold to prevent scrambling or " do this  only after breakfast""

sorry  i tried to not do this. :-\

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.

[Ironwood]

Oh man!  Multi-tasking, making breakfast and treating the parts all at the same time!