antiquing brass wire

i love the look of antique brass on jewelry. i have found all the findings i need in AB except wire. can anyone tell  me how to antique brass wire?

thank you!
-s

[Polly]

We sell both 86-344 Griffith Silver-Black, and 86-354 Liver of Sulfur.  We have brief instructions listed with the product description, and both products have more-detailed instructions included on their bottle.

("Which products to use" is the extent of my knowledge -- I bet someone else will add a bit more info, too!)

[marym]

The Silver Black stock item is currently unavailable- I think it has something to do with a flaw in the vendor packaging? (I recall hearing that the bottle was leaking).

[Metalman]

The liver of sulphur will work on brasses to varying degrees - depends on the metal alloy. generally the effect will be to darken it rather then turn it green or blue [two common brass patinas]
Antiqueing falls under a larger topic called patina or patination. This refers to many other colors and surface treatments. Generally this is done with various chemical formulas. The good news with brass is there are many colors and effects you can get. If you do searches for patinas you can find a fair amount of information along these lines

[Luann Udell]

I hate to share this one, but a silversmith swore to me that friends of hers used to stick metal stock in....their cats' litterbox!

Apparently, each cat's box gave a slightly different patina result, too.

Hmmmmmm.....As they solemnly say at the end of old science fiction movies, "There are some things Man is not meant to know...."

[Noryan]

Whaaaa....that doesnt sound too healthy for the wearee?
I read that lime sulfur? from a hardware store can do the same thing as liver sulfur...whether or not that is correct I am not sure.

[Polly]

The litter box method is tried & true.  As are some other equally-unappealing-for-jewelry but naturally-occuring methods/places.  Bruce Knuth's Jeweler's Reference Book has quite a few patina methods like this, tucked among the more "professional studio" types of patina methods.
I do hope the litter-box methods are reserved for non-jewelry uses!

[Russ Nobbs]

What?
Your kids never tried eating cat box almond roca?  

Seriously, once the the desired patina was reached, the item can be  washed and rinsed well.  Should be no health risk there.