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That is where the abbrassive stuff comes in, it's a strange process cause your working on one area and then some drips to another area and makes darker drip lines. I use the abbrassive pad to scuff away some the dark spots and then try to blend it with what you already have going. i like to keep 2 different strenths one half/half and one a bit weaker so you can blend. It is very handy to keep clean water near with clean towel so if u get to where u want to be u can clean it with water and stop the reaction and retain the color. Hope that helped.
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Then rub 2 coats of Staples crystal clear paste wax, buff off and it will protect from further oxidation and give it a nice wet but not to glossy look.
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Then rub 2 coats of Staples crystal clear paste wax, buff off and it will protect from further oxidation and give it a nice wet but not to glossy look.
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Thanks Mike! I'll give it a try.
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I was at it again today, using your technique, smoothing it out with the rough side of the sponge. It is a long tedious process, because no matter how smoothly you sponge the agent on the copper, it always wants to bead up in the same places, so I constantly have to dry it. This doesn't give it time to make big color changes, so I had to do 30 or 40 layers, smoothing the copper out between each layer to get it to where I wanted it. It is very dark now. Almost black, but not quite. It's much more uniform now. Thanks again!
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