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

• Chemical Patination Recipes
• Heat
• Fuming

Surface treatments

• Hammer texture
• Satin finish
• Wire brush

Protecting a finish

.....More coming.