Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1895 — A New Bronze. [ARTICLE]

A New Bronze.

Lemon Juice applied to oast iron articles gives an excellent finish to tha surface of the metal. It turns tha portion of polished cast Iron to which It is applied to a bronze black, and when touched over with shellac varnish will absorb a sufficient amount of the varnish to preserve it. To many lemon Juice would seem to be a weak and ineffective acid for metal, but every one knows how quickly a knife blade of steel will blacken when used to cut a lemon, and the darkening of polished iron by the held is very beautiful.