Man of the Future: Step 15
Friday, April 6th, 2007
Hello again and thank you for joining me for the last installment of this Artist’s Studio.
The surface has now been scrubbed back by hand to highlight the piece overall, but now an air tool polisher will be used to polish the skin and other smooth areas to give a luster under the next patina color.

The next step is another chemical, ferric nitrate (iron for the brown color), applied with an automotive paint sprayer and a blow torch for heat.

After the iron solution is applied, but before the bronze cools, it is waxed with a high quality carnauba wax - the hardest and most durable wax available, which comes from the carnauba tree.

It is further driven into the bronze with heat from a torch. This will protect it from the elements outdoors, and like maintaining a car’s finish, it should be reapplied on a shady or cool day about once a year. After cooling, the wax becomes matte and the piece is given a final polish with a soft cloth before shipping out to a gallery or a collector’s home.

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