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v. - Coat with a fine coating of oxide on the surface of a metal

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  • History could not patinate the members of the monster because history had no time to evolve.
  • Josiah Wedgwood used "Dr. Turner's brown varnish" to put an antiqued bronze surface on pottery. 1 Metals were varnished to protect them from rust, preserve their luster without...
  • Over time, the petroglyphs will eventually patinate and be as dark as the original rock surface.
  • Elliott had also called the Mestrovic restoration "highly questionable" because the coating gave the bronzes a rubbery, dime-store look and wouldn't allow them to...
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