Metal Finishing Solutions

Achieve a wide variety of antiqued and colored finishes on metal. Possible applications include bronzing copper plated items such as baby shoes.

All Metal Finishing Solutions are easy to use, produce authentic, consistent results, require no heat or electricity, are water based, nonflammable and react within minutes.

After antiquing, the finish can be protected by using Caswell Sealer.

Tiffany Green

The original solution for the ‘greening' of the copper components of Tiffany lamps. Apply the solution,

 undiluted, with a soft paintbrush. Allow to react on the copper overnight.

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A01 Tiffany Green 16 fl oz £29.33

Bronze & Blackening Solution.                For use on Copper and Silver.

Mix 1-2 fluid oz of Concentrate to 1 gal water depending on degree of effect required. Use at room 

temperature. Dip item into solution for 5-10 seconds, longer for darker effect. Rinse to stop coloring

effect.  Varying the solution strength and the time of immersion can produce an almost infinite range

of shades.  For the ‘French Grey’ effect on silver, scratch-brush or buff the high spots to expose the

underlying silver.  Add 1 fl oz Household ammonia to preserve the mixed solution.

Brassy Bronze (1 second dip) (very iridescent)    

Light Japanese bronze (3 seconds dip) 

Statuary bronze (10 –20 second dip) 

Dark purple (30 seconds – 2 mins)

 Black (2-10 minutes)

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A02 Bronze & Blackening Solution

8 fl oz £29.33

Chocolate Brown 

Produces a chocolate brown to antique brown finish on copper and brass. Mix 15% concentrate 

with 85% water. Use as a dip at room temperature.

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A312 Chocolate Brown 16 fl oz £29.33

Black & Brown Oxidizer 

Blackens silver and nickel and browns copper and brass. Mix 15% concentrate with 85% water. 

Use as a dip at room temperature.

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A313 Black & Brown Oxidizer 16 fl oz £29.33

Verdi Green 

For use on brass and copper.  Mix 15% concentrate with 85% water. 

Use as a dip at room temperature.

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A316 Verdi Green

16 fl oz £29.33

Gun Metal Blue (not for steel) 

Produces gun metal blue, black, brown and slight purple on copper, brass, bronze, white metals,

silver and tin lead alloys. 

Used at 10-50% by volume at 65-85° F. Does not contain selenium.

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A327 Gun Metal Blue 16 fl oz £29.33

Stainless Steel Blackener 370 

An acidic liquid concentrate used full strength or diluted with water to blacken stainless steel  at room temperature. Recommended for color coding parts and blackening engravings on stainless steels. Produces a pleasing dark gray/black finish. For 300S dilute 4 volumes water to 1 of concentrate For 400S dilute 3 volumes water to 1 of concentrate

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SSB370 Stainless Steel Blackener 370 16 fl oz £32.33

A880 Aluminum Chromate 

Gives a light iridescent yellow to brown chromate finish for aluminum. Produces the maximum corrosion resistance for chromate finishes on aluminum alloys. Meets Mil-C-5541-A. Provides excellent protection for aluminum surfaces and also serves as a base which inhibits undercoat corrosion of organic top coats.

The lighter colored coatings have low electrical resistance. Concentrated liquid chromate that does not contain any ferrocyanides. It is used at 2-5% by volume @ 90-115° F. Note: Does not work well on alloys high in silicon.

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A880 

Aluminum Chromate 16 fl oz £42.88

Flemish Grey & Blackener 

For use on copper, brass and bronze. 15% to 20% by volume solutions produce black to blackish-brown US 10B (Oil Rubbed) finishes on copper and brass with immersions of 1 to 3 minutes. Diluted 5% to 10% by volume solutions produce lighter Flemish and statuary bronzes with 1 to 3 minutes of immersion. Desirable underlying red tones revealed upon highlighting the brown tones.

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A311 Flemish Grey & Blackener 

16 fl oz £29.33

Pewter Blackener 

For pewter only. Mix 15% concentrate with 85% water. Use as a dip at room temperature.

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A325 Pewter Blackener 16 fl oz £29.33

Swab On Copper Blackener 

An instant acting swab-on/touch-up chemical conversion finish for copper and its alloys. Color can be varied from light brown to brown-to-black.

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A324 Swab On Copper Blackener 16 fl oz £29.33

Aluminum Blackener A385 

An immersion or swab-on finish at room temperature for aluminum surfaces. Mild acidic liquid concentrate used full strength for swab-on finishing and touchup finishing or diluted with 4 parts water for immersion finishing. Frequently used to produce an imitation pewter finish on aluminium surfaces.

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A385 Aluminum Blackener 16 fl oz £29.33

Zinc Blackener A360 

A room temperature blackening process for die cast and plated zinc surfaces. The very mild acidic liquid concentrate is diluted with 9 parts of water for a 10% by volume working solution. Immersion times of 2 - 5 minutes. Equally effective on cadmium surfaces.

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A360 Zinc Blackener 16 fl oz £34.50

Browns and Blackens Copper and its alloys including Brass.  Will bring to a fine statuary bronze effect.  Mix 10% to 30% concentrate with de-ionised water and use at room temperature. 500ml makes up to 5 litres

ABS5

Bronze and Blackening solution

500ml £14.66

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