![]() Some people take the terminology and classification of motorcycles very seriously, and you surely do not want to offend such folk. It can start the discussion on whether its a rat bike, rust rocket, etc. Just remember the worst thing about doing this to your bike. Probably not the best thing to be breathing, but fuck it. you can go back to blend the color together, it takes a little practice and smells like shit. Its a slow process, you can do 2-3 inches of frame at a time. then rub a rag soaked in the plum brown on the metal until it cools. Get whatever you want rusted down to bare metal, and heat with a torch until water just barely sizzles on it. Get some of this shit, you can find it at a good gun shop usually. I'll let you in on my little secret and won't even make you tickle my balls first. The fender and oil tank I had to patina myself, as well as the frame in a lot of places after welding on it. The frame is natural rust, the tank was in a barn fire, and the seat is 100 years old. Hope this might help any of you that enjoy this type of thing.My bike is all rust or patina or whatever you call it. but,i knew if i didnt at least attempt a pic you guys would attack me! the pics dont really show how bright it actually was or how neat it looks now. the pic of the cymbal when it was shiney was one from tim's auction. still just have an old webcam for photos. I have two pics here but i apologize for the quality of my pic. not sure if the sound of it changed or not yet. it sounded great before and still sounds great. matched my other vintage cymbals perfectly. it wa exactly what i wanted it to look like. it gave the cymbal a perfect golden hue with a darler color underneath. just a little of the green was then on the towel. after i sprayed it, i let it dry a minute or two in the sun and lightly wiped it down. i did some research on a non cymbal site and found that some people suggested spraying a light coat of wd 40 on the brass object at that point. my concern was that the green was a little too green and would stand out. but,i think it can be done much quicker as you can see the patina building on the cymbal. i think i put one more coat of the solution on the cymbal. also, each day when i was watering my plants i would hit the cymbal with a mist of water. after a few days a nice little green film began to show on the cymbal. sprayed this on the cymbal and just let it sit. about 1/3 of the container was filled with vinegar,1/3 with water and probably 5 or 6 tablespoons of salt. i took a spray bottle i had and mixed some vinegar,salt and water. i placed the cymbal outside where it had some shade but mostly sun. i then read a post here from member mountainhick about a process he uses to add patina and decided to give it a shot. ![]() it made some difference but was at a much slower pave than i wanted. I mentioned here a while back that i had put it out in a shed i have outside that is somewhat open to the elements hoping to age it some cosmetically. i just like mine with the old grundgy look to them. i'm not a cymbal cleaner and i know that some of you are. i really liked it but all of my other cymbals has a nice dark patina on them. it had a couple of small cracks and tim gave me a great deal on it. i bought a vintage 22 inch zildjian cymbal around christmas time from forum member poot(tim).
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