Denninger Patina
Embellish your weather vane with a Patina that will make it look 100 years old. Really...
Copper has a unique way of oxidizing in the weather - it does not rust,
rather, it achieves a bluish-green patina called verdigris (from the Old French
"verte grez", an alteration of "vert-de-Grice" or
"green of Greece".) The chart below will
show how the color naturally advances from raw copper to chocolatey-brown to
dark verdis to the almost white of a truly aged copper decoration. In some
geographic locations, copper will patinate faster, or with a different hue.
Denninger can provide this handsome verdigris patina with their "hot
verdigris patina" that Al learned from an old German coppersmith. Our
patina will not rub off on your hands or "chalk off" on your roof
like the quick spray-on chemicals will. This technique might be a closely-held
secret, but the results are a realistic, weathered antique look.
Another popular finish is the interesting Black Patina which Denningers can
apply, using a special chemical mixture. It results in a streaky variegated
patina which resembles the color of cast iron vanes from the Colonial era. We
have found that this is a striking combination when used with touches of
gilding!
