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If you look at the before and after shots I think you can see that it is clearly going to last much longer and as far as I'm concerned looks great. It is hard to get it just the way we want it in...

There have been a few threads on creating or forcing patina. Here is one that I did a while ago that was with bluing and bleach.
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I have not gotten the scales to look as old as I would like...

It takes a long time to get the scratches out from the really low grits. I am usually happier sanding longer at 400 than I am when I drop lower. It is really just two sides of the same coin. When...

I personally have used 1K and 1.5K for satin. I thought the 1K was too hard to get even and went to 1500. If you scrub the black out it should be just fine. There were a couple of models that look...

hand sanding is good. I do it most of the time as well. I always back my paper with an old wine cork and at the end of 600 start to sand with WD-40 as the wet component. Any light oil will do, it...

How have you been trying to clean it up so far? You can try to do a satin over the patina and corrosion and go back to it if you don't like the results. I've never seen one where the owner had...