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.
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08-14-2009, 09:30 AM #1
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restoring copper rivets
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08-15-2009, 07:16 AM #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
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08-15-2009, 09:04 AM #3
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And if they're out of ketchup you can lick the table
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08-16-2009, 06:16 AM #4
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Trek, lol!
Knot, what an interesting way to decorate tables.
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