How To Color Copper Sheets
The result is a compound called malachite equation 4 which varies in color from shades of dark green to shades of blue.
How to color copper sheets. Learn how to use a simple flame to bring amazing color to copper. These color patina copper come in 28 beautiful colors. It changed the color from the brilliant blue to a more of a green color but is still very appealing nonetheless. Heat one portion of the piece until color starts to appear and then experiment.
Use two or three eggs for copper jewelry or more if you have larger or multiple items. Offering one of a kind copper sheets with unique patina finishes. In 5 minutes i will show you how to make a sample piece plus a beautiful pair of earrings. I used some spar urethane clear coat to try and freeze in the color exactly where it was.
Colour copper us is a part of total copper a decades old manufacturing company specializing in the development of various processes to patina raw copper with beautiful and varied colors. Place the eggs in a pot of boiling water and let them sit for at least ten minutes. The trick seems to be in heating the copper to a high temperature and then using the torch as you would a paint brush. The over boiled sulfurous smell and greenish ring around the yolk are good indicators that the eggs will darken your copper.
Unfortunately this did effect the color some. Hard boil two or more eggs.