Darkened copper belongs on piping, boilers, cartridge cases and old hardware, and it is precisely that tone which the acrylic shade Lifecolor Darkened Copper carries.
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Copper does not stay pink and shiny for long in the air. Within a few weeks it darkens into a brown-red tone, and only after years does it shift toward a green patina. Darkened Copper from the Lifecolor acrylic range is aimed, as its name says, at precisely that middle phase: a copper part that is no longer new but is not green yet.
The most common mistake is to apply copper as a uniform area. A real copper part has an uneven tone: darker in the recesses, markedly lighter in the places that someone touches daily or that a chain slides over. Lay the area down, let it dry and only then lighten the edges and the crests at points.
A greenish patina is added only at the very end and only into the corners, never over the whole surface. Patina is the mark of a neglected part, not of every piece of copper.
On freshly machined copper surfaces and on small items that someone polishes regularly. There it makes sense to add a glossy metal tone on a small patch and to leave the whole surrounding area in the subdued shade. The contrast between dark and glossy copper will do more for the impression of metal than a sparkle over the whole part.
For builders of steam machinery, ship engine rooms, artillery and dioramas with metal details.
Use in a ventilated area, close the container carefully and store out of the reach of children.
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