How I can create an antique brass at home

Gone are those days when shiny brass items used to rule the market, it is an era of antique brass. You might have spent hours to shine your sculptures and decorative items, but not anymore because this is now an old story. While antique metals is slowly capturing the market, they are quite expensive and might not be affordable for everyone. If you want to have one such thing in your living room and your pocket doesn’t allow, then you shouldn’t disappoint. Use the given below tips to make your own antique brass item at home.

• Take any brass item you want to convert into antique, then remove protective layer of varnish from its surface. You can do it using acetone or varnish remover. In case, the brass piece is small in size you can remover varnish boiling it in water for few minutes.
• Take a brush, dip into a cup of vinegar and apply it on the entire surface of the item. Now leave for some time until it turns into a real antique piece. Vinegar will catch oxygen and allow brass to oxidize faster.
• Another method you can use it painting the brass metal surface with salty water. This is a good alternative of vinegar but take a little bit more time. However, the result of antiquity you will get is nothing less than an effect created by vinegar.

You can try these methods with any items. Rather spending umpteen grand, it is good idea to get an antique piece right at home. It doesn’t take much effort and time, and the result you get is simply awesome.