Polish or Patina?

[AnarchicArctic]

Which finish do you prefer on your sheridans and why?

[Chuck E Ducky]

Shine Daddy.. although I always wanted to try my hand at force patina.

[BrickHaus]

I like to polish, then watch the patina grow from there.

But shiny is definetly awesome.

I have a few brass guns I wanna experiment with forced patina on.

I also have tiger stripe vinyl decals from when I did my mini mag. I really wanna try polishing a sheridan, putting the decals on, then doing a force patina. Im not sure what patina method to try, and what ones will not kill my decals, plus I'd have to clear coat after the fact. ill leave it with the attached gif.

[XEMON]

There is 0 chance I'm polishing it after ever day of play ... 0!
I've experimented with lacker with limited success ...
I like patina myself, wanting to try some heat treat patina for a while ... Just need to find the good gun for it ...
Also have a few tester with black patinas and stripe/splash pattern (black/brass).

[AnarchicArctic]

Heat patina brass, interesting. I’d wager you’d have to do that in pieces and then reassemble the tubes?

[XEMON]

Yes, that's a must ...
But the black patina is a brushed application so it can be done assembled 👍

[BrickHaus]

I have 2 and a half sheets of these. If you ( who has proven to get stuff done faster than myself) wants a sheet of half sheet, I may be able to send em your way sir.

[AnarchicArctic]

Those are cool! You should give it a shot when you get around to it. I appreciate the offer, but my project focus is gonna dry up for awhile when the current one concludes. Can only put off house stuff for so long. Thanks anyways though!

[A.Greenleaf]

I like both but shiny always appeals to me more.

[JeepDVLZ45]

polished shows you care!


realistically, I don’t have the patience to let something patina….my OCD takes over if I see even a smudge or an uneven color on it and I’d have to clean/fix it.

[BLachance75]

Life is so much easier when you let it patina

[JeeperCreeper]

Either way is fine, depending on my mood. I would like one of each like what you got going on up there. Then I only have to polish one.
Nothing wrong with having a show pony and a warhorse in the same stable.

[JeepDVLZ45]

Well it could be a Mustang then….untamed mutt of a horse that is hardy as hell!

[AnarchicArctic]

Nice description there! Though if you ask my wife she’d probably side with glorified donkey

[JeeperCreeper]

Wait until you see the jackass that I'm cobbling together soon.

[Grendel]

Shiny is mah to me. Maybe that is from spending so long in the Navy and HAVING to polish everything brass all the time. I even accelerate the patina by misting new brass with a solution of white vinegar/salt and let it back in the sun before cleaning.

(granted I do not have a lot of brass anymore just barrels and hardware for my Pyre and Blazer) I keep thinking about a Houndstooth or original PMI Piranha but never pull the trigger because I doubt either would get much use.

[AnarchicArctic]

That’s certainly fair enough. I never went beyond a couple years of jrotc, but man did I start to loathe polishing my shoes and brass

[Spider!]

I have used clear enamel and polyurethane over brass with good results. I have a brass lamp that I covered with urethane in 1987, and the spot where you put your hand to turn it on and off is still clean and shiny. My children confiscated it for college and now it's on my daughter's desk.

[netsurferdude2]

Shine is for people who don't get their guns dirty. Get the gun dirty.

[cougar20th]

I like to polish, then watch the patina grow from there.

I have done this with every brass barrel or gun I own. I have no interest in repolishing or changing the finish. My feelings is let it show its character.

The exception to this is my kp3. It came darkened by palmers. It's wearing and I am considering polishing and redarkening it again. But that wont be done until i restock the gun.

[Cunha]

Force patina by far. I love old sheridan black

[BLachance75]

I need to look into forced patinas. This PGP is way to shiny for me.



I really like the darkened look of the Lance though I don’t want to wait 10 years for the PGP to look like that.

[netsurferdude2]

I have had luck with brass darkening solution in the past. The ones made by JAX are my favorite. Brown-Black

[Chuck E Ducky]

What I mean by Force patina. There is a bunch of YouTube vids on how it’s done.

[AnarchicArctic]

I think the blue comes from salt and ammonia but I could be wrong

[Chuck E Ducky]

There is a how to on YouTube for modifying douche flutes that basically walks you threw it. It’s like ammonia salt and time. You spray on the Ammonia and sprinkle salt on it but it needs to be suspended Otherwise you won’t get the marbled look. They suspended it on like a coat hanger so it could be easily rotated. I would plug the important bits lol internals or coat it with vaseline so it don’t mess with tolerance. If you stuck a sticker to it the design would stay polished like Tigerstripe or something would be cool.

[Axel]

Dudes on here used to have their own recipes. I swear I vaguely remember one guy using ketchup and mustard