Black Patina for Solder

Have use this item before, works great

This patina is great for any stained glass project

I'd recommend this patina for a deep black finish. Brush it on to clean solder joints; watch them turn black. After rinsing, finish with a waxy finishing compound to give the joints a lustrous black finish.

Works good.

Does a pretty good job but not perfect. As you are applying it to your solder project, it can sometimes look more like a dark brown than a black. From a distance it looks good.

Nice

This product is great - makes the stain glass pieces come fully together. My husband also uses it for guns. Multi purpose, cheap and lasts a while!

OK so we had custom industrial, raw iron brackets done for our shelves. The first time the welder did it he did it right by bending the iron which would've been the best way because that's as strong as it gets. But the 2nd time we went back for some reason they bent one side and cut and welded together the lip (the front ) of the wall bracket. So I was annoyed because 1. I knew that wasn't as strong as the first batch and 2. the solder was bright alloy where the rest of the iron had that natural black patina. So I went to youtube, googled all over the place to figure out how to instantly age raw naturally aged iron to make it look the same without spray painting it. I personally can't stand painted iron, just looks cheap to me and that wasn't why we paid $7 for each bracket to then cover it up. So I highly recommend this, I did 2 passes, this works instantly. I used a sponge brush, had 2 bowls to keep this away from any surfaces that can be damaged, cloths to wipe, gloves so I wouldn't burn my skin. Definitely recommend doing it in a well-ventilated place, best probably outside but it doesn't smell much, I'm sure there are some fumes coming off though that might not be so healthy to inhale. I would not recommend painting this stuff on and leaving it for too long. Do a test in a conspicuous spot and watch how fast it transforms, you don't need much of this stuff so 1 bottle will last us forever, we had 8 brackets and 4 hooks and I used maybe a spoon worth of liquid. I was using it on a standard solder so highly recommend it! Do 1 pass, wipe, see how it looks...leave it to set in, then do it again. This will not create a shiny finish btw which is exactly what we were after and it's not black...more like ash charcoal. Glad I found this!