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Black Oxide For Furniture Use

I am thinking about buying a dining room table that has a steel base frame with a glass top. The base frame has a black oxide finish that has been applied using the cold method. How well do you think the finish will hold up? What can I do to maintain it?

Tevin Thomas
- New York, New York
2003

It's quite strange, but very good, that you would know the processing method by which the black finish was obtained. Cold black finishes can be quite smutty and I would suggest examining a white handkerchief you have rubbed along the blackened base before your invite your daughter or your son's prom date to sit at your new table in her prom gown.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
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