Apply evenly to the project and when you reach your desired color, rinse with lots of water. It is important that you do not track other chemicals into your patina because this can prevent it from working properly (note: patina will not work on lead free solders). If you want to apply a patina, do it now using a clean soft cloth or brush.
Flush with lots of clean water to rinse away any residue. Apply some CJ's, and using a soft to medium bristle brush or a clean soft rag scrub the project thoroughly. CJ's Flux Removeris designed specifically to do this. Make sure you're following the following steps, and you're sure to finish your next project perfectly!Īfter soldering it is VERY important to neutralize and remove all flux residue from your soldering. If you're not getting the finish you want, the problem could happen at any point in the process. What is going wrong?įinishing your project is an important process. I'm having difficulty getting a nice finish on my copper foil project. By using matched foil and solder finish you eliminate having a black solder line with a "halo" of copper showing through the glass. If you plan on using copper patina the copper foil with no color backing will match, if you plan on leaving the solder in its natural silver color the silver foil will match, or black backed foil for black patina. This sounds like a small detail, but if you patina your solder lines, a different color foil backing would be very obvious if you used cathedral or clear glass. The backing is on the adhesive side of the foil so that when the foil is wrapped around a piece of transparent glass the color backing is visible if you look "inside" the foiled area through the glass. Copper foil is available with several color backings.
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