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  1. #1
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    Lightbulb restoring copper rivets

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



    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.

  2. #2
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    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.
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

  3. #3
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    And if they're out of ketchup you can lick the table
    Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
    Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
    Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
    Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
    Folder ~ Brompton
    N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
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    Trek, lol!

    Knot, what an interesting way to decorate tables.

 

 

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