I have always loved experimenting w/ different recipes for patinas. I keep my potassium sulfide sealed in brown glass bottles. Light and air ruin it. One of my coolest patinas on a passive copper plating on steel was potassium sulfide, ammonium chloride, and sodium thiosulfate applied hot. Looks like textured leather.
@@Welddotcom You know the drill. Mix up copper sulfate in water and I use a bit of sulfuric acid and brush it on your clean steel to plate it. The plating/wash is really thin so stuff like vinegar and salt with ammonia vapor will eat it right off. I usually use my 10% sulfuric acid pickle bath as it becomes charged with copper ions during the process of cleaning post sil-brazing (I build large model live steam engines and boilers as a hobby). If you guys are pickling your bronze/brass/copper you probably have your plating bath already.
i am just starting out bronze casting.do you use a specefic silicon bronze filler rod or can you just use any? im concerned about getting a match to the original cast bronze. kind regards Dave
Could you give me any tips for welding pipe, I just finished up structural (not perfect) but I did pass all bend test. I'm using 6010 for root and 7018 fill. 6g position. I've been in school for about 3 months. Ngl that pipe is a whole different ball game to me.
I have always loved experimenting w/ different recipes for patinas. I keep my potassium sulfide sealed in brown glass bottles. Light and air ruin it. One of my coolest patinas on a passive copper plating on steel was potassium sulfide, ammonium chloride, and sodium thiosulfate applied hot. Looks like textured leather.
That’s so awesome. Thanks for sharing!
That is super cool we will have to try it!
@@Welddotcom You know the drill. Mix up copper sulfate in water and I use a bit of sulfuric acid and brush it on your clean steel to plate it. The plating/wash is really thin so stuff like vinegar and salt with ammonia vapor will eat it right off. I usually use my 10% sulfuric acid pickle bath as it becomes charged with copper ions during the process of cleaning post sil-brazing (I build large model live steam engines and boilers as a hobby). If you guys are pickling your bronze/brass/copper you probably have your plating bath already.
Brilliant video, really interesting 😎👌
Been doing what you do for 35 years. Learned a lot. And I am very good. I see you guys have the eye. Keep it up.
Hell ya! 💖
i am just starting out bronze casting.do you use a specefic silicon bronze filler rod or can you just use any? im concerned about getting a match to the original cast bronze.
kind regards
Dave
Could you give me any tips for welding pipe, I just finished up structural (not perfect) but I did pass all bend test. I'm using 6010 for root and 7018 fill. 6g position. I've been in school for about 3 months. Ngl that pipe is a whole different ball game to me.
I have a few videos inside the weld app on 2 and 5 g. I’ll get around to the 6G soon