Gone Fishin'

[steelfx]

I made this for a sporting goods store as a display...

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[Oldsarge]

Ok, you gotta stop posting these pictures of awesome projects, or I'm just gonna have to buy a bunch of those patinas!

Seriously though, I'm about to order the starter pack to check it out... Looking at downloading the book to my Nook reader as well. A question for you... When rinsing the formulas, is it safe for the runoff to go into the drain system?

Also, how far does a gallon of patina go? i.e. in terms of projects or coverage... are the parts immersed, or sprayed on? I guess I need the book!

Thanks, and great work!

Oldsarge

[steelfx]

Ok, you gotta stop posting these pictures of awesome projects, or I'm just gonna have to buy a bunch of those patinas!

Seriously though, I'm about to order the starter pack to check it out... Looking at downloading the book to my Nook reader as well. A question for you... When rinsing the formulas, is it safe for the runoff to go into the drain system?

Also, how far does a gallon of patina go? i.e. in terms of projects or coverage... are the parts immersed, or sprayed on? I guess I need the book!

Thanks, and great work!

Oldsarge

Thanks for the compliments...
The coverage will vary with each patina but 250-300 SF is a good average. As for the rinse-water, I wouldn't
"purposely" direct it to a drain. Evaporation will take care of 99.9% of it.
On an average sized piece, like the bass above, you'll use less than ounce of patina & less than a gallon of clean
rinse water, so you're not dealing with large quantities of either at one time.

They're not dangerous to use & safer than most household cleaners!!

You can use immersion or spray them on, which is my preference. In fact, I don't discuss the immersion techniques
too much in the book because spraying is much more controlled & uses a LOT less patina.

Any other questions or concerns, let me know!

thanks!

Bill

[jimjimmac]

Bill,

Concerning the patinas and rinsing, etc., I submitted a question a couple of weeks ago on the CONTACT page of your Steel F/X website, but have not gotten an answer yet so I will ask it here. I asked what process do you use to neutralize or stop the chemical reaction when putting the patinas on the steel. I am under the assumption that unless the chemical reaction is stopped, the steel will continue to do what it does with the chemical still on it. Having said that, will just rinsing it with water do the job. In our industrial arts class in school we put a mixture containing Copper Sulfate on bare, cleaned and shined steel like people are doing here, and the chemical reaction put a very thin, maybe a millimeter or 2, layer of shiny copper color on the steel just like I am seeing on some of the pictures people have been posting and on your web site, but if we did not apply another chemical to what we were plating, the steel continued to react and the copper colored plating started turning an ugly pinkish color. Sometimes it thickened enough so that it would actually chip off. So, the question is do you have another solution that will neutralize your chemicals or is water sufficient to do the job?

Jim

[steelfx]

Here is a COPY of the reply I sent you in regards to your question on my Contact Page. I answer ALL questions that come in from my website. My reply to you was on 2/10/11. See below.

Hi Jim,

Very good question. All that you need to stop the chemical reaction is plain tap water. On very rare occasions, when doing large pieces, it helps
to ?freeze? the reaction with an alkaline based rinse. You can make that yourself if you want to have it handy, by mixing 1/2c of Sodium Bicarbonate
in 1gal of water.

I use a garden nozzle set on ?shower? for all my rinsing & neutralizing.

thanks,

Bill



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[jimjimmac]

Thanks Bill,

Hearing that you replied indicates to me that the message went into my JUNK mail folder, which gets so filled up with crap now-a-days that I don't even go in there any more to try and see if I recognize anything or anybody.

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you were asleep at the switch

Jim

[steelfx]

No Worries, Here...