Verdigris Color Copper Patina

by Zola
(Manchester, CA)

Hi,

Thank you for the great information on this site! I'd love to know of a patina approach that will reliably produce the verdigris look that occurs on weathered brass, and sometimes on copper.

With much appreciation,
Zola

Answer

Hi Zola,

You need Jax Green Patina and Jax Brown Patina. However, they can't be used alone. They needs to be applied over a prior coating of Jax Copper Plating Solution. Here's what the literature says about the copper plating solution: "it instantly plates copper onto iron, steel, brass and solder. All Jax metal finishing solutions are easy to use, produce authentic, consistent results, require no heat or electricity, are water based, contain no sulfur, are non-flammable and react within seconds. Corrosive, hazmat."

There is a web site that explains the application procedure quite well. It's from notes taken at a lecture, on patina, given by Joe Porcelli. You can find it at Patina Lecture. The notes about Jax products is a fair way down on the page. They start opposite the words "Special Applications" that you see on the left side of the page.

Farther down the page the are more notes from Roger Weiss about his experience using the Jax products. You might want to read those as well.

I hope this helps you. If you decide to use the Jax products, let us know how it goes.