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<p>[QUOTE="BUncirculated, post: 1376498, member: 29581"]There are a number of products that manufacturers of castings in bronze and pewter use to give the finished casting an antiqued look to it for effect. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I was in high school, we did bronze and pewter castings in shop class, and after polishing and buffing out the rough edges and all, we antiqued the piece by coating in a solution, letting it set for about 5 minutes, then wiped off the excess with a rag, and what was left had an antiqued and patina look to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BUncirculated, post: 1376498, member: 29581"]There are a number of products that manufacturers of castings in bronze and pewter use to give the finished casting an antiqued look to it for effect. When I was in high school, we did bronze and pewter castings in shop class, and after polishing and buffing out the rough edges and all, we antiqued the piece by coating in a solution, letting it set for about 5 minutes, then wiped off the excess with a rag, and what was left had an antiqued and patina look to it.[/QUOTE]
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