restoring copper rivets

[sundial]

If you'd like to remove the patina on those copper rivets, use ketchup!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/2dogcrew/detailofrivets.jpg

Take a Q-Tip dipped in ketchup and rub it on the rivet until the color is restored.
Wipe the excess off with a slightly damp soft cloth and finish with the polishing cloth.
It takes less than a minute and the results are dramatic.

I used this technique to restore copper plates in printmaking.

[KnottedYet]

I do this with my copper bottom pans. Spaghetti sauce works fine if you don't have ketchup.

There's a restaurant near me that has copper-topped tables. Every night they blob the tables and put wrinkled saran wrap over them. Every time you go in the tables have a slightly different pattern "etched" into them. It's very attractive. I love how it looks.

[Trek420]

And if they're out of ketchup you can lick the table :)

[sundial]

Trek, lol!

Knot, what an interesting way to decorate tables. :cool: