antiquing horns

[brain]

i have a powder horn i assembled years ago. it's nothing fancy.....at all. but it's mine and i like it.
since then i've learned about bone and horn antiquing formules.

can i antique a horn that already has the butt plug in it?
the wood is unfinished, what if anything will happen to the wood if i get an of teh solution on it?

 

[Harddog]

Brian,

You didn't say what you were going to use to antique the horn. If you are using aqua fortis and you get some on the buttplug it will turn it a brown color. If you are going to soak it in a dye bath it will also take on some of the color.

If you like how the buttplug looks now, just put a clear finish on the buttplug and that will protect it from either aqua fortis or a dye bath.

Me, I just do the antiqueing to the buttplug at the same time I antique the horn.

Randy Hedden

 

[brain]

i'm guessing what i was planning on using is a dying solution? something called old bones, says to mix an ounce of the stuff with a gallon of water.then repeatidly dip tip the look you like is reached.



what would an aqua fotrised horn look like?

 

[johnzaloudek]

Hi Brain,

I antiqued a horn and plug using Old Bones a couple of weeks ago. It took about 60 minutes in the solution to get the color I wanted on the horn. The plug came out stained a dark brown. I'm very happy with the way the whole thing turned out. Good luck with your project.

John

 

[Harddog]

Hi Brain,

I antiqued a horn and plug using Old Bones a couple of weeks ago. It took about 60 minutes in the solution to get the color I wanted on the horn. The plug came out stained a dark brown. I'm very happy with the way the whole thing turned out. Good luck with your project.

John

Careful guys,

If I am not mistaken "Old Bones" is a chromic acid staining compound that can turn your wood to an ugly green color over time when exposed to sunlight.

Randy Hedden

 

[RP3543]

I'm currently looking for some kind of solution to antique bone. Could you guys tell me where to get the solution your calling "Old Bones"
TX!
Bob

 

[soggy]

Hi RP3543, I've never used "Old Bones" so I can't help you there . What I have been using is a mixture of onion skins, and apple cider vinegar. Bring the solution to a boil, then either imerse the horn, or apply the solution repeatly with a brush until you get the colour you like.
TOOK THIS HORN FROM THIS............

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TO THIS..............

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[GreyWhiskers]

Soggy,

Nice lookin' horn. I've always liked horns with plugs that fit the shape of the horn rather than making the horn round to fit the plug. :thumbsup: GW

 

[Riku]

You can get ''old bones'' and ''aqua fortis'' from Log Cabin.
[url] http://www.logcabinonline.com/[/url]

Used that old bones solution once and didn't like the result. Better result I got using (might sound funny the first stuff) earl grey tea, onion covers and applewinegar.
Here are two examples of usin that method.
[url] http://cows-finland.org/kuvagalleria/displayimage.php?album=48&pos=16 http://cows-finland.org/kuvagalleria/displayimage.php?album=135&pos=8[/url]

 

[RP3543]

Soggy/Blackhand,
Nice Horns! I was thinking about just boiling in tea, maybe I'll try that first. Thanks for the tips!
Bob

 

[longshot47]

i'm guessing what i was planning on using is a dying solution? something called old bones, says to mix an ounce of the stuff with a gallon of water.then repeatidly dip tip the look you like is reached.


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I believe potassium permanganate is the active agent in 'old bones'. Anyway, I've had good, very quick results on bone and horn with a fairly strong solution of pp [something like a tablespoon of granules to 4-6 ozs. of water] brushed on to the entire piece, or just to accent certain areas. Allow to dry, buff with coarse cloth and redo if a darker tone is desired.
~Longshot

 

[Walker357]

I LIKE the horn with the brass tacks. Looks very, very nice. :thumbsup:

 

[Riku]

It's a mixture of two horns. An original Comanche horn collected about 1840 and one reproduction fur trade era horn.

 

[dlpowell]

see my post in craftsman under gave birth yesterday

a horn can be aged and antiqued any time.

 

[brain]

decided to play with it this afternoon.
i like the way it came out. i just need to scare some tacks up i and i think i'll call it good.

 

[soggy]

:grin: Looks good to me. I'd say you added about 150-200 years to it in a matter of a few minutes (or few hours). So what did you finally use for a solution?
Soggy

 

[brain]

this stuff.
judging by it's purple color, i'd say it's the potassium permangante stuff.

so i just flogged the whole thing, for about 45 minutes.

 

[Goldhunter]

Your right, Potassium Perm.

Worked well on some antlers I had.