"Age-ing" a nickle magazine???

sheepherder · 10-07-2012, 09:04 AM

OK, my 1900 AE came with a very weathered magazine which appears to have a nickle plated body (well, originally it was nickle plated)...

I have two new Mec-Gar nickle plated mags which I want to use/display with it...but they mags are bright and clean, unlike the well-used look of my original...(Pic attached)...

Any ideas on how to artificially age the Mec-Gar mags to simulate a used look???

I was wondering if a watered-down acid would give the worn look...Maybe sprayed in the air with a plastic bottle sprayer [Windex bottle?] and allowed to disfigure the nickle body...

I like the aged, weathered, patina look of both the 1900 and the mag...

10-07-2012, 09:04 AM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,196 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	"Age-ing" a nickle magazine??? OK, my 1900 AE came with a very weathered magazine which appears to have a nickle plated body (well, originally it was nickle plated)... I have two new Mec-Gar nickle plated mags which I want to use/display with it...but they mags are bright and clean, unlike the well-used look of my original...(Pic attached)... Any ideas on how to artificially age the Mec-Gar mags to simulate a used look??? I was wondering if a watered-down acid would give the worn look...Maybe sprayed in the air with a plastic bottle sprayer [Windex bottle?] and allowed to disfigure the nickle body... I like the aged, weathered, patina look of both the 1900 and the mag... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter... Last edited by sheepherder; 10-07-2012 at 01:48 PM.