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    Metal distressing/aging

    So im in the process of building a sleigh bed with some metal accent pieces. The pieces are cut from 1/4" plate steel and I want to "age" the steel. I heard about pouring hydrogen peroxide on the metal followed by a layer of salt. I tried this and let it sit for 3hrs but only surface rust appeared. Am I being impatient? I want the steel to actually have a pitted look to it. Does anybody know of a different process or maybe I should try again and let it sit for a couple weeks. Thanks
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    Re: Metal distressing/aging

    If you want to pit it, and create a 100 year old wrought iron look, your going to need to either use a super volitile acid, or look at some high build vein powdercoating.

    http://www.elpasopowdercoating.com/i...ilver_vein.jpg
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    Re: Metal distressing/aging

    Yah that's definitely the look I want but a little more brownish/red colour.
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    Re: Metal distressing/aging

    Ask, and google shall provide

    http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1lb-Powder-Co...oZ7!~~60_3.JPG

    Copper looks pretty neat. Talk to a local powder coater, he'll have sample i'm sure.
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    Re: Metal distressing/aging

    I saw a doc on Gibson guitars and it had a bit on their aging department which showed a lot of the tricks and tools they used to age all the hardware on new guitars. Try googling that.
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