Subject: Re: coloring pewter

From: "John R. Johnson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 14:20:04 -0500

Try casting one set in pewter and one in aluminum.  Or perhaps one in
brass and one in aluminum.  Cast both in aluminum and anodize!
Paint them like pewter toy soldiers.  

Just some possibilities.

John

On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Larry Ludwick wrote:

> I am a complete novice to metal work and I am playing with casting
> pewter.  I am interested in making a chess set, but am not satisfied
> with simply having different colored bases for the pieces.
> 
> I was wondering if it's possible to color pewter to make it look like 
> bronze.  Or, if not bronze, then a noticeably different shade.
> 
> Any comments, hints, or suggestions appreciated,
> 
> Larry
> 
>

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From: [email-masked] (Andy Dingley)
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 03:40:10 GMT

>Well, like I said, I am a complete novice.  

I'm no better, but how about finishing one set as polished and one set
as bead-blasted matt ?  It should be easy enough to do.

PS - How _do_ you bead blast pewter ?  The same glass beads as for
aluminium, or should you move down a grade to walnut/almond shells or
plastic beads ?

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From: [email-masked] (Nils Henrik Tollefsen)
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 17:39:38 GMT

>Larry

Have you considered trying to electroplate the pieces with copper?
I am trying to achieve the same thing, but I have just come to
making the moulds. 

You can read about electroplating in your encyclopedia.

Nils Henrik Tollefsen

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From: Gene Olson <[email-masked]>
Date: 18 Jun 1996 00:11:01 GMT

Have it brass plated and put some thinned down gun blueing on the brass.

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