I tried it with a couple of hard boiled eggs with two pairs of earrings, using this technique here
The victims:
The process:
Two hard boiled eggs, boil for about 15minutes.
Get a couple of sealable bags and put a pair in each, bash egg lightly with a wooden spoon or a small cup. Making sure the egg yolky goodness gets on to the metal. Til it looks like this:
I left mine in for about 3 hours, turning every hour or so and squishing the egg yolk closer around the earrings a bit more.
The findings - headpins and jumprings - oxidized quite quickly but the earwires were more of a pain and didn't really oxidize black.
Finished result:
Not bad for a first go, but I think I will try to source different earwires next time to get a better patina. The rest of the findings came out really well so I'm pleased with those.
3 comments:
wow I didn't know you could use egg, that's clever!
that is really cool that you can do that with eggs. thanks for sharing :)
Wow! Never knew egg could do that. The metal color is astonishing...
Mark
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