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Occurrence of Verdigris and other patinas in the common hoplite panoply.
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In the past I've used boiled linseed oil on bare steel painted on and left to dry, it was effective even under very wet conditions as it doesn't just rub off and meant I didn't have to re-polish after every event.. I expect it would work just as well on other metal, anything which will create a barrier between the metal and oxygen should...

Tinning is very effective more so if it is a low silver content (silver tin is a bit harder) pieces I have that were hand tinned nearly 20 years ago are still as new without any treatment what so ever.. in any case it would only need a gentle polish if it did...

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Ivor

"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
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RE: Occurrence of Verdigris and other patinas in the common hoplite panoply. - by Crispianus - 10-12-2018, 07:44 AM

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