Natural Copper Patina

[Chelonian]

I was wondering what my copper Skyline would look like in a 6 months to a year.

Has anyone ha a copper mod for time or longer and allowed it to naturally develop a patina?

If so I would appreciate pics - I am assuming just a dark old penny color, but I wonder what if any effect the constant handling would have, vs the mostly pocket and drawer time that pennys have.

Thanks in advance


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[pancing]

A friend has a scottua copper authentic, he hasn't washed it since hes got it, its #34 btw so that just shows how long he's had it.
It just looks like a dirty penny. well like a roll of dirty pennies.
IMHO it looks disgusting. You might get lucky though depending on what gets on your hands and the mod itself and what sorts of juices you vape it will get random stripes of green here and there but really natural patina = wear and tear.

 

[Chelonian]

So I have the Disgusto-Vape.
Nice


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[jayblizzo187bx]

If you don't want it getting all greenish and funky looking you can use a clear coat or laquer to keep it nice and coppery. So far I've clear coated 2 of mine and they look great.

 

[Ed_C]

I think it depends, some, on your body chemistry, I have a copper mod and it's hardly changed from the day I got it, except for areas that my fingers never touch.

 

[Chelonian]

Ed-C
I am hoping that at most, it will go like you said.

Jay
What type of clear coat did you use? Just any old spray acrylic


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[jayblizzo187bx]

I can't remember what it was called but I think it was rustoleum laquer with a high gloss. Just picked it up in the paint section at wal-mart. The only thing is to remember to tape off or otherwise cover your connection points so they don't get it on them.

 

[Froth]

The level of patina your mod will see from just use depends on a lot of factors and not even those that have to do with how much you use the mod, I'm talking about your physical body chemistry and specifically your hands. Depending on how much your hands sweat and how much sodium is in that sweat it will directly impact how quickly the mod patinas during use, it can also affect the color it turns.

Personally I seem to have incredibly dry hands, I've never experienced the "green hand" from any of my copper mods and I never seem to notice that my hands smell like pennies or copper and because if this I guess my mods patina very very slowly in my hands, but they do seem to turn a very very dark chocolate brown over time. On the other side of the spectrum I have a friend who generally has sweaty palms and he gets a nice green spot on his palm from his copper mods, not only that but all of his mods always seem to patina into more of a salmon hue than mine do.

Food for thought I guess... more mostly useless information from my brain.

 

[CoinLaundry]

Have you looked into forcing patina? You can get that Statue of Liberty look in a night with ammonia, salt, and a box, and stopping short of the Statue of Liberty finish will yield interesting results, as well.

Big Lou East Coast: http://youtu.be/-Foc7dxoBHM
Find My Mod: How to Force Patina your Mod - YouTube

 

[Brandon David]

I wouldn't mind seeing a pic either, honestly.

I'm considering a forced patina on my vanilla mod but if the natural looks cool, I'm patient.

 

[Chelonian]

Yah, I though about forced patina. But I dont want something that radical for my mod, although I do think that they look dang good.

And yah, pics!


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