Oxidising with torch?

[angmc]

I've been reading the thread about the Platinol issue and just wondered, if you just want to darken silver to achieve an antiqued look or to emphasise a pattern is there any reason you couldn't just use the torch to blacken it and polish back the high areas rather than using chemicals? Is it because using a chemical solution is longer lasting? I've not really experimented with oxidising (apart from a go at the egg method) but would rather not use chemicals if possible.

[Dennis]

CJ57 recently posted a very good account on patination of silver, including with a torch. I saved it a a PDF file, but am puzzled as to how to post it here again.

However here are two snips from it, relative to silver. Dennis.

[CJ57]

Here it is again Dennis. Not all are non toxic but some interesting things to play with. Caroline

https://dspace.library.colostate.edu...pdf?sequence=1

[angmc]

Thank you Caroline and Dennis for that, didn't know the bit about plunging it into boiling water. I've saved the info for future reference.