basemetals Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Hello there, does anyone know of a decent coloured patinas for steel supplier in the UK.. quick search of google doesn't appear to find anything obvious.. Easy as to what type, chemical based or water based stains or whatever.. Nice one! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 A patina is created when the surface of a metal reacts with an atmosphere, like copper or bronze statues weathering. We speed this up using various acids. for our projects so since one does not purchase patina, That may be why you cant find them for sale. You have not been looking for the correcct item. Have yoiu tried read thing through this section of the forum ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwj Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Guilders paste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basemetals Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 Guilders paste is the kind of thing I'm thinking yep.. I get that real patinas are the product of the metal surface reacting with either the atmosphere or applied chemicals, however you can buy (in the US at least) chemicals/paints that mimic patinas and come in a variety of colours, and are called colored patinas (although they may in fact be more like dyes) was just looking for a UK supplier.. E.g. http://www.sculptnouveau.com/Results.cfm?category=6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the iron dwarf Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 try tiranti near newbury http://www.tiranti.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.