10-23-2002, 03:41 AM
Putting a medal or decoration to flame ... that would certainly wreak havoc with any enamel that might be on it!
This kind of information you can get from any college chemistry textbook, and even a search on the WWW, so it's not a secret, finding out how to tarnish silver objects. But you'd also need to have some control over the reaction rate to get a nice, even patina, rather the splotchy kinds that Nota Bene has nicely illustrated on his webpage. That kind of information, I will most definitely *not* divulge!
Given that the former Soviet Union has a good number of engineers and chemists (with PhD's!), I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them put their higher educations to use like this.
This kind of information you can get from any college chemistry textbook, and even a search on the WWW, so it's not a secret, finding out how to tarnish silver objects. But you'd also need to have some control over the reaction rate to get a nice, even patina, rather the splotchy kinds that Nota Bene has nicely illustrated on his webpage. That kind of information, I will most definitely *not* divulge!
Given that the former Soviet Union has a good number of engineers and chemists (with PhD's!), I wouldn't be surprised if a few of them put their higher educations to use like this.
