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.

 

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.

 

kinda like browning the barrels on the muzzle loaders I used to build.. just have to keep at it to get the look U want.
Keep at it and U'll get where U want it...

 

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!

 

No problem C. Numb, just tryin to share the knowledge. Looks SWEEEET!!!