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Need to restore a copper coal bucket damaged by fire
My nephew decided to light a fire in a copper coal bucket which has obviously damaged the copper.
How can I restore it?
Jenny Standing
Tenant - Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK
2007
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2007
Dear Jenny,
All the answers you need to clean, patinate, and generally restore your coal bucket can be found in Tim Mc Creight's book, The Complete Metalsmith
⇦[this on
Amazon affil links]. It's an inexpensive paperback full of good information.
Regards,
John Welch
coppersmithing - Langley, Washington, USA
Try 5% ammonium citrate(50 gm citric acid
⇦ on
eBay
or
Amazon [affil link] /1 lit water/+add some ammonia,pH must be 9).Hope it helps and good luck!
Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2007
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