![]() She also saw a really nice change in bronze with chlorine bleach. To achieve iridescent colors, add ammonia to the LOS solution (the following pictures do not have ammonia added to the solution). Have a spare glass of water mixed with baking soda to dip your item in to stop further patination when you reach the color you like. LOS is a quickly acting patina that comes in the form of small rocks that you need to add to water, or as a gel. To slow the process of color change, use your LOS in cold water. It's fairly quick acting.)īecause this experiment started tracking results after an hour, the pictures don't show some of the colors that can be achieved with Liver of Sulfur. ![]() ![]() (For those of you not familiar with jewelry design, Liver of Sulfur is a patina-creating product that is made of mixture of potassium sulfides. Not surprisingly, she got quite a bit of color change from the Liver of Sulfur after one hour. The Liver of Sulfur is extremely bad smelling (think very strong rotten eggs) and you will not want to have that smell on your hands come dinner ust me. Tweezers or tongs are also a great tool to keep your fingers out of chemicals. I suggest using some sort of disposable gloves, an apron to protect your clothing, and safety glasses. When attempting these tests at home, please be sure to utilize proper safety equipment and only work in a well ventilated area. I have to say, I'm a little surprised with a few of the results and am excited to write up the entire project for you all to read.īut before I go any further, I have to make a disclaimer: To begin our project, we had to brave the snow and stood out most of the morning (in 15 degree weather) to take some photos and get the project underway. It was an excellent learning experience and a fun opportunity for my daughter to get to try out what mom does on a daily basis. I had a blast doing this project with my daughter. ![]() I personally love putting a patina on my jewelry not only because it adds color, but it also brings out textures and design. But no matter what you call it.the same process is occuring. Of course, I don't usually refer to the process as corrosion, instead I call it "patina".sounds better that way. Seeing as I frequently "corrode" a lot of my work, I figured that this might be an excellent tutorial to share. When my daughter participated in her 5th grade science fair, she decided to study the corrosion effects of different gases and liquids on metal. This is more of an informative article than it is a tutorial, but I thought it might be of interst to my fellow jewelry artists. ![]()
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