"Age-ing" a nickle magazine??? - Page 2

rhuff · 10-08-2012, 06:47 PM

Good luck with your project. The Uric Acid contained in urine, along with NaCl(salt) should react with the metal and begin the "aging" process.

sheepherder · 10-09-2012, 10:26 AM

While waiting for the C96 'test' piece to soak, I browsed the Web and found sites stating that Phosphoric acid would etch nickel/chrome...Various household products were mentioned...I don't have any of them...But Naval Jelly has Phosphoric acid in it (a very mild solution)...So I brushed that on one of the nickel plated Mec-Gar mags and left it overnight...The pic below shows how it affected the nickel...Not really etched...More like tarnished...

Not exactly what I'm looking for...But it is a step in the right direction...

cirelaw · 10-09-2012, 11:11 AM

I am impressed! I can't afford a bad result! Eric

sheepherder · 10-10-2012, 05:07 PM

OK, it's been 48 hours since the C96 receiver/barrel was placed in the...solution...I took it out, washed it off in dish detergent & water, and this is how it looks...(First pic)...

Barrel took the...solution...quite well; a grayish-black color...The receiver didn't take the...solution...very well...I'm thinking about touching that up with cold blue ["44-40"]...

Again, it's not exactly what I was hoping for...But it's better than the bare steel...

A side-by-side comparison, before & after...(Second pic)...

Next step is to soak the 'tarnished' magazine, see if anything happens...

10-09-2012, 10:26 AM	#22
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	While waiting for the C96 'test' piece to soak, I browsed the Web and found sites stating that Phosphoric acid would etch nickel/chrome...Various household products were mentioned...I don't have any of them...But Naval Jelly has Phosphoric acid in it (a very mild solution)...So I brushed that on one of the nickel plated Mec-Gar mags and left it overnight...The pic below shows how it affected the nickel...Not really etched...More like tarnished... Not *exactly* what I'm looking for...But it is a step in the right direction... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

10-10-2012, 05:07 PM	#24
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	OK, it's been 48 hours since the C96 receiver/barrel was placed in the...solution...I took it out, washed it off in dish detergent & water, and this is how it looks...(First pic)... Barrel took the...solution...quite well; a grayish-black color...The receiver didn't take the...solution...very well...I'm thinking about touching that up with cold blue ["44-40"]... Again, it's not exactly what I was hoping for...But it's better than the bare steel... A side-by-side comparison, before & after...(Second pic)... Next step is to soak the 'tarnished' magazine, see if anything happens... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

10-08-2012, 06:47 PM	#21
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,291 Thanks: 2,709 Thanked 972 Times in 717 Posts	Good luck with your project. The Uric Acid contained in urine, along with NaCl(salt) should react with the metal and begin the "aging" process.

10-09-2012, 11:11 AM	#23
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I am impressed! I can't afford a bad result! Eric