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    Quote Originally Posted by turpin View Post
    That looks really good, O'Neille. I like the artificially aged version. How do you do that? I have some bright gold-colored metal triskel buttons I'd like to tone down for sporran buttons.
    Very secret method....black BBQ and Stove paint. Spray them and wipe them off immediately.

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    That's funny, I'll have to remember that. In ceramics, sometimes we use shoe polish to do that or to bring out the lines and textures.
    Quote Originally Posted by O'Neille View Post
    Very secret method....black BBQ and Stove paint. Spray them and wipe them off immediately.

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