Aged Brass Questions!

[illitirit]

I recently aquired a brass chi you as my first brass mod.

Im not a big fan of shiny brass but i love the look of aged brass. Keep in mind i dont know if im using the right terminology regarding brass since i have no experience with it.



Sorry for stealing the pic, but i believe it belongs to buzzkilla. I just google image searched.

I would love for my brass to turn out like this. Is that aged or just patina... is there a difference between the two?

I know basically its supposed to turn like that over time from use, but how does one achieve a perfect uniform color of the tube like that?

And also, in order to get my brass to that stage, am i basically forbidden to cleaning / polishing it forever? I am OCD clean and i wipe down things like my phone / sunglasses etc etc almost every 20 minutes, including my mods.

Thank you for replies.

 

[Thrasher]

Patina, just use it the oil from your hands will tarnish it in no time flat. my poldiac looks like that too now. you can wipe it down like normal as it will take actually polishing it to get rid of it, it will be pretty even all by itself.

 

[illitirit]

would isopropyl alcohol take patina away? i use alot of isopropyl products and was wondering if once i have a patina on the brass, if i clean it with with iso alcohol what will happen

 

[Thrasher]

nothing LOL
that stuff is pretty much bullet proof once its heavy. I had to take a buffing wheel in my cordless drill to polish my poldi last time.same thing you will be rubbing your fingers raw to get that off with a cloth and alcohol literally the only way to get rid of it is with some kind of polishing compound.

and if somehow you do rub a little off a day or two and it will be right back to patina.

 

[RaceGun59]

Patina (/ˈpætɨnə/ or /pəˈtiːnə/) is a tarnish that forms on the surface of copper, bronze and similar metals (produced by oxidation or other chemical processes). On metal, patina is a coating of various chemical compounds such as oxides, carbonates, sulfides, or sulfates formed on the surface during exposure to atmospheric elements (oxygen, rain, acid rain, carbon dioxide, sulfur-bearing compounds).

Here's a link if you want to try and age it yourself.
Patina Formulas for Brass, Bronze and Copper

 

[WidowsSon]

Here's a brushed brass mod...

and here is the same mod Pressed Brass.

I've got the pressed brass version, it's beautiful, i'm assuming it's done during manufacture, but the brushed brass would just be a fine guage wire brush I'm sure... I'm sure you could google it, and I think it looks much better than shiny brass.

buy a nemesis brass clone from fasttech and practice on that first.

 

[Thrasher]

i dont think its been two weeks since i polished it to nice shiny mirror finish, already halfway there again, real brass will tarnish in nothing flat.

 

[illitirit]

Here's a brushed brass mod...

and here is the same mod Pressed Brass.

I've got the pressed brass version, it's beautiful, i'm assuming it's done during manufacture, but the brushed brass would just be a fine guage wire brush I'm sure... I'm sure you could google it, and I think it looks much better than shiny brass.

Buy a nemesis brass clone from fasttech and practice on that first.

Holy crap what is that brushed brassed mod? i love that, it looks almost like a dark wood

 

[WidowsSon]

Holy crap what is that brushed brassed mod? i love that, it looks almost like a dark wood

They're the same just different finishes...

They're made by JM Mods .. JM22 or JM16 for 22mm and 16mm versions