Gold-looking metal accents

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Walldepartment
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Gold-looking metal accents

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How do you do this cheaply? What do you use?
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Brass or copper
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Deleted cuz I misread and my joke was dumb, even though it was at Nate's expense.
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brass or bronze, I like bronze personally, doesn't tarnish as quick.
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caskwith wrote:brass or bronze, I like bronze personally, doesn't tarnish as quick.
Is there a good way to keep Copper from tarnishing?

A light coat of thin CA glue maybe?

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Wax it, glue will look awful.
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I use brass sometimes. Wax tends to look smeared. I buff with white diamond. It will eventually tarnish, but it can be easily brought to shine with a brass cleaner or even hand buffing by the end user.
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Sasquatch wrote:Deleted cuz I misread and my joke was dumb, even though it was at Nate's expense.
Aww man, now I want to see it!!!
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Show it SAS. Plrase! :D
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Hows that for spelling??
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So what brass alloys are good to use?
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