Framar
WOW Framer
This post is a little different - I am LOOKING for tips herein:
I often run into old frames, jewelry and miscellaneous items which look like brass but end up rusting and attracting magnets, so they are obviously made of iron-bearing metal.
How on earth do they make that finish? Does anyone know? It is so thin and smooth - really looks like real brass until I get out the magnet!
I have tried many paints and such with little luck. I thought it might be a real orangy shellac over the highly polished metal but nothing turns out to match the original finish.
Anybody have a tip for me???
I often run into old frames, jewelry and miscellaneous items which look like brass but end up rusting and attracting magnets, so they are obviously made of iron-bearing metal.
How on earth do they make that finish? Does anyone know? It is so thin and smooth - really looks like real brass until I get out the magnet!
I have tried many paints and such with little luck. I thought it might be a real orangy shellac over the highly polished metal but nothing turns out to match the original finish.
Anybody have a tip for me???