BRASS BUCKLE AGEING
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BRASS BUCKLE AGEING
Just found a way that worked for me to age my brass buckle.Use some wire wool to take off shiney coating then put on some scratches in keeping with a lifetime of adventure.Next mix malt vinegar, window cleaner (Mr muscle) and thick bleach.Leave buckle to soak for a couple of hours.Hey pesto.Buff up to bring back a bit of shine.TRY NOT TO BREATH IN TOO MUCH OF THE MIXTURE ! ! ! This worked great for me.
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Re: BRASS BUCKLE AGEING
Hey it's not to offten I get to do this first.
But what the hey........
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I've done the steel wool thing but I might give this a try.
Croft
But what the hey........
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I've done the steel wool thing but I might give this a try.
Croft
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Re: BRASS BUCKLE AGEING
Yes I will post some pics soon.I would stir the mixture every 15 - 20 mins as it does seperate after a while.It makes the brass look nice and old and brings out the green corrosion around the edges.NIIIICCCCCCCEEE.
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Re: BRASS BUCKLE AGEING
Man i'm lazy, I just bought this one off eBay. Good enough for me:
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Wow that looks great.Do you know if they have any more or do you have the ebay shop name.Would love to get one.
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I aged mine too. I wore it fishing in the ocean and would wade out waist deep. After a while, the salt and the wear really beat it down.
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Re: BRASS BUCKLE AGEING
There you go buddy. Nothing like the real "natural" distress job.
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Re: BRASS BUCKLE AGEING
clark.j.kent wrote:Man i'm lazy, I just bought this one off eBay. Good enough for me:
bought the same one....GO SWANS! (sydney Joke)
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Lol, nice. Us Aussies are just to lazy to distress items ourselves. I'll start with my Mkvii when it arrives. Try and break the habit
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You DO know that some of the buckles such as ToD were actually distressed so finely that they turned silver right?
Kyle
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Yeah I know, but being the busy guy that I am, this will do for now. I'm not even sure if the buckle is actually brass coloured all the way through, so I might sand the back to have a look. If it is, i'll distress it even more.
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Re: BRASS BUCKLE AGEING
pardon? does this mean that brass will look like shiny silver if given a fine-enoug polish? i've got a buckle that's stamped as 'solid brass' but started to look like stainless near the clamp after a while and i thought i'd got duped. does this mean my buckle actually WAS solid brass and the repeated fastening had polished it to look like silver?knibs7 wrote:You DO know that some of the buckles such as ToD were actually distressed so finely that they turned silver right?
Kyle
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I have a NH LC web belt and I believe he distressed most of his web blets. From what I can tell of his distressing, it does not reveal any silver or steel base.