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Making Aqueous Bronze at home

Dear D-I-Y Chemist,

Is there a practical way of making bronze powder by using cupric / cuprous chloride, muriatic acid, and solid tin? Do I use a bunson burner or external heat and boil? Can I use a noble metal to accelerate the reaction (the cuprous and stannous chloride giving off chlorine gas and leaving a precipitate to wash and dry)?

Bruce W Kolbus
hobbyist - Bloomington, Illinois USA
June 12, 2011

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Ed. note: The original text of your inquiry follows, Bruce. If our editing has misstated your question, please let us know. "HOME MAKING AQUAS BRONZE. HOME OWNER DYI CHEMIST--IS THERE A PRACTICAL OF USING CUPRIC / CUPROSS CHLORIDE USING (MURIC ACID HCl AUAS 99.9) PURITY AND AT THE SAME TIME HAVE SOLID TIN (SN MAKEING STANOUS CHLORIDE AQUAS) NOW DO I USE AND BUNSON BURNER OR EXTERNAL HEAT AND BOIL? USING A NOBLE TO ACCELERATE THD REACTION (COURPROUS AND STANOUS CHLORIDE GIVING OFF CL(2) GAS LEAVING A PRECIPITATE TO WASH AND DRY,"