sulfuic acid (battery acid) wont eat copper. might make a matte surface on brass. then, if silver blackens better than copper, so might a silver plating applied over matte copper/brass.
http://www.swdinc.com/black_oxide.htm if you have a tin can and a pressure cooker. --- On Thu, 2/23/12, gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > From: gene heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Brass finish question? > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 5:28 AM > On Thursday, February 23, 2012 > 08:25:14 AM Mark Wendt did opine: > > > On 02/22/2012 04:23 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > > On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 04:22:08 PM Greg > Bernard did opine: > > >> There are numerous solutions that work, the > most common being liver > > >> of sulfur (I don't remember what the modern > name is). The easiest > > >> would be the stuff by Birchwood-Casey which > should be available at > > >> any good gunsmith shop. > > > > > > That, or the G96 clone, is what I'll go shopping > for tonight. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Cheers, Gene > > > > Walmart has Birchwood Caseys Brass Black in the > sporting goods section > > by the gun counter. > > > > Mark > > > 2nd choice, I'll check at the local pharmacy's for K2S > first, aka liver of > sulpher. I have seen that work on silver, and the > finish is fairly > durable. > > Thanks Mark. > > Cheers, Gene > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> > I know you believe you understand what you think this > fortune says, but > I'm not sure you realize that what you are reading is not > what it means. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity > Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud > computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a > service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
