Um, no freezing cold here Cataract. 80 at the moment. I could drop it in the deep freeze with the burger and pecans though? Would that work?
I remember some time back there was a long discussion on how to get the proper patina on the Maratac Copper. The final conclusion from several of them seemed to be that they should pee on it, let the acid in the urine turn the copper the green of the Statue of Liberty. (not saying anyone pi**ed on Lady Liberty!) That's one of those YMMV situations. As for me, I prefer a fine compound to an acid but then again I go for bling!
Dale
The freezer might work too... I found this out by accident as it was -20C yesterday when I opened the package in the car. It waited in the car as I went to get groceries and when I took it out of the envelope at home, it was still cold. I noticed the marks after holding it for a few seconds. I can't say at which step it got the marks, but I can say it makes really interesting patterns. I'll try to post a pic when I have a minute. Not sure how durable those patina patterns are, since they are very quickly impressed. Time will tell...
Has anyone tried vinegar? I'd rather not hold my non-attached preciouses over the toilet and pee everywhere but in the toilet. Then again you could always pee in a small container and dip you HF in, but I think I'll stick with the wait-and-see method for forming a patina.