making your own steel dyes
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making your own steel dyes
I have been experimenting with making my own dyes . Anyone have any helpful tips ?
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Re: making your own steel dyes
You can get nice copper finish with a well diluted battery acid and copper sulphate.
The speckled effect is from a light sprinkle of copper sulphate when it's still wet, rinsed off fairly quick.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/awnKvtEbhk2rPKiVA
The speckled effect is from a light sprinkle of copper sulphate when it's still wet, rinsed off fairly quick.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/awnKvtEbhk2rPKiVA
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