How To Age Shiney Gold Door Handles

Let s face it door handles don t stay gleaming for long and endlessly polishing away grubby fingerprints is a pain.

How to age shiney gold door handles.

I read somewhere that heating the brass up with a flame would help it tarnish quickly. Sometimes bright shiny silver is great but on this project i wanted to keep that old rustic look so i had to figure out a way to add some age to them quickly. The second method uses water and a few household products. Read on to discover which method to.

Below are two methods to age brass. Before you use either method you must remove any lacquer on the brass first. How to age brass in 5 minutes. The first uses a product called brass ager.

Brass fixtures and fittings were all the rage a few decades ago but that super shiny look has fallen out of fashion. New brass is a shiny golden color but over time it darkens and takes on a green brown or reddish patina. Luckily it s easy to transform shiny brass to create a lovely antique finish that will look far more stylish. I have also included a way to age brass so it takes on a verdigris color.

I knew i had seen on the internet before using some kind of heat source or fire to age the metal but of course i couldn t find a good tutorial anywhere when i was looking for one. However by removing this protective coating and applying either ammonia fumes or brass ager to the surface you can age your brass hardware to give it a pleasing tarnished. I grabbed my candle lighter and got to firing that brass knob. You will learn.