Surface Treatments and Finishing

Finishing a piece is sometimes an art of its own. For one thing, it requires an assessment of when you think your piece is done - "finished". That varies from piece to piece, and artist to artist. Let's start with what most might consider to be required for a finished piece.

--Buffing and Polishing--

• Buffing and Polishing Guide from Sharr Choate's book, Chapter 8: Creative Gold and Silversmithing

--Patination--

• Patination Recipes

--Surface treatment

• Texturing
• Hammer texture
• Satin finish
• Wire brush

--Dyes, Inks, etc.--

--Protecting a finish--

.....More coming.