Tarnishing and Untarnishing Copper for Scrapbooks
Copper, tarnish or untarnished, adds a unique metallic look to your scrapbook page. Furthermore, copper is fairly easy to work with and cut into various shapes. In this way, copper can be used to create an elegant antique look or a more masculine look. Here are two methods for tarnishing and untarnishing copper for scrapbooks.
You can tarnish copper tooling foil by either heating it. This gives the copper red, orange, and purple tones. Alternately, you can use Liver of Sulpher to make the copper look old and blackened.
Tarnish can be easily removed by rubbing Tabasco sauce on the tarnish.