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How to make a silver ring age (blacken)

Q. Any suggestions on how to "age" my latest creation?

silver skull ring

Would like it to appear old, i.e., pitted, corroded, etc., like it's been buried for a long time - perhaps found in an recovered pirate ship.

Chuck Rausin
hobbyist - La Habra, California, USA
January 5, 2011

Liver of Sulfur

on eBay or

Amazon

(affil links)

A. Hi, Chuck. You call it a silver ring, so I assume it's not just silvery colored, but is cast from rather pure silver? You already have some good roughness to it that might look like pitting and corrosion if it wasn't so bright, so maybe a sulfide treatment will do? Put it in a plastic baggie overnight with a crushed hard boiled egg (this tip courtesy of James Watts), and see how that does. If it's not enough, you ought to be able to get it as black as you wish with liver of sulfur. Good luck!

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

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