Chemical coloring of metals
Bull Head Attachment, about 700-600 BC, Urartian, northwest Iran, bronze - Cleveland Museum of Art, early example of metal colouring
According to David Fishlock, "Basically there are only two methods of coloring a metal:
- electroplating - coating the metal with some other metal by means of a process such as electrodeposition
- patination - converting the metal surface into an oxide or salt which is colored or capable of absorbing coloring materials, or which produces color by interference."[1]
Chemical coloring is distinct from simply coating, such as by gilding or mercury silvering.
Further reading
- Angier, R.H.: Firearm Blueing and Browning, Onslow County 1936.
- Field, S., Bonney,S.R.: The chemical coloring of metals and allied processes, New York 1925.
- Hiorns, A.: Metal Colouring and Bronzing, London 1907.
- Fishlock, David: Metal Colouring, Teddington 1962.
- Hughes,R., Rowe,M.: The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals, London 1992.
- LaNiece, Susan, Craddock, Paul: Metal Plating and Patination: Cultural,Technical and Historical Developments, Boston 1993.
- Sugimori, E.: Japanese patinas, Brunswick 2004.
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References
- ↑ Fishlock, David: Metal Colouring, Teddington 1962., p.8
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