Tried my hand at forced patina
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Easy access lol! And cat pee is almost impossible to get out of anything, it's that strong. Penny pee just couldn't compare in the strength department. And guess what? It's working!
I just clear coated a door that sat in cat urine soaked litter for a couple of hours. I washed it well first of course! 
Easy access lol! And cat pee is almost impossible to get out of anything, it's that strong. Penny pee just couldn't compare in the strength department. And guess what? It's working!
Pics. Definitely need pics.
Tami the egg isn't doing anything. I'm getting just a tiny bit of grey in a few spots but that's it so far. Maybe it works better with brass. Sucks.
Thanks Mark! The egg was touching the door. I'll try again when I get more copper doors from hubs.
I saw one in another thread that was smashed into the egg and it turned out beautifully.
Mark, I'm sanding down my cat pee door to try again with the egg. About how long before I should start to see results from the egg fumes? I waited several hours today so I'm wondering if it's a process that takes several hours or if it's supposed to happen faster.
I just read this whole thread and I will say I have a brass door en route, and this completely changed my game plan, I'm going to have to try this, especially since it'll probably beat my grand to my house. Anyone had any luck on the rm2 with more blue? I'd like to take a shot at matching...
I got a lot of blue with the clean cat litter, salt and ammonia docsgt, I haven't done an RM2 though.
Gotta post my doors from yesterday and today. I'm happy now...I got my patina doors and no longer feel left out! 
First door with the clean cat litter, salt and ammonia... (I also sprayed this door with a clear coat that has a tiny bit of glitter in it)
Second door in clean cat litter, salt, a bit of mustard and vinegar as well as ammonia...
And finally the door that sat in egg. I placed the door right side up on top of the egg so that the egg wasn't touching the top of the door. This way I could see what happened on both sides, with the egg both touching and not touching. Only the top of the door changed and here's what happens to copper when you let it sit in crushed boiled egg fumes for about 15 hours...
Pleased I am!
First door with the clean cat litter, salt and ammonia... (I also sprayed this door with a clear coat that has a tiny bit of glitter in it)
Second door in clean cat litter, salt, a bit of mustard and vinegar as well as ammonia...
And finally the door that sat in egg. I placed the door right side up on top of the egg so that the egg wasn't touching the top of the door. This way I could see what happened on both sides, with the egg both touching and not touching. Only the top of the door changed and here's what happens to copper when you let it sit in crushed boiled egg fumes for about 15 hours...
Pleased I am!
Gotta post my doors from yesterday and today. I'm happy now...I got my patina doors and no longer feel left out!
First door with the clean cat litter, salt and ammonia... (I also sprayed this door with a clear coat that has a tiny bit of glitter in it)
Second door in clean cat litter, salt, a bit of mustard and vinegar as well as ammonia...
And finally the door that sat in egg. I placed the door right side up on top of the egg so that the egg wasn't touching the top of the door. This way I could see what happened on both sides, with the egg both touching and not touching. Only the top of the door changed and here's what happens to copper when you let it sit in crushed boiled egg fumes for about 15 hours...
Pleased I am!
That's awesome, we have cats so I have both versions of litter readily available, I'll have to go for it once the door comes in
Good luck Docsgt! If you don't like the results you can sand the door down and try again. I would recommend finding name brand ammonia for sure though, I had trouble with cheap ammonia and less than stellar results.
My neighbor does post construction cleaning, I'm hoping I can snag a little strong stuff from him. That should do the trick.
My door closed out the day in scarborough, me. I'm more excited than ever, especially since my grand hasn't even shipped yet, so I can probably have it done and ready for it when it gets here.
And it's officially in progress. I used silicone grease and a toothpick on the engraving and the rm2 grooves, and Teflon tape on the drip tip. I didn't take pictures of the grease, because I was all slimy, but it was real nice to brush on and clean up. Hopefully it works out. I got ammonia from my neighbor and it's ugly stuff, my eyes were watering in seconds. The lid on picture is as soon as I got it set up, lid off is my one hour refresh.
edit: forgot to mention, the rm2 looks fresh because my kanthal popped and that side was laying on the paper towel, I had to reset the wire and salt that side, the other side looks to be matching the rest nicely.
edit: forgot to mention, the rm2 looks fresh because my kanthal popped and that side was laying on the paper towel, I had to reset the wire and salt that side, the other side looks to be matching the rest nicely.
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