Old brass paint finish.

[Olds]

I want quite a bit of old brass detailing on the speedster. Some bits I will make but for some this would not be practical.
So I have been experimenting with paint finishes and have found a pretty good effect.
This steel hand brake had been sand blasted and was primed and given a coat of matt black followed by Ford Arizona Gold. Areas that would be 'polished' were given about eight coats. This was left for 24 hours before a coat of Hammeriite black Stone Chip Shield was applied.
This give a tough semi matt finish that is easily removed with T cut, before it fully hardens.
If anyone has other ideas. please add to this post

[Manky Monkey]

That's clever Dave.

[kapri]

I've used Copper and brass effect paint from B&Q before, think it's rustoleum make?

[Olds]

Have tried various combinations of paints and this is the best so far.
Haven't tried the Rustoleum copper yet.
I generally don't want bits on the car to look 'new', in fact the older parts looks the better.

[kapri]

I used it on various parts of the injection system on my A . A mate walked in and said " That looks like a traction engine " , " thanks, that's exactly what I was trying to achieve.  It's easy enough to tone the copper and brass paints down with a very light dusting of matt black from a suitable distance.

[gazzagood]

Like that Dave looks like brass in the areas you want it to. NICE😘👍🏻

[saex69]

Why not just make a hand brake lever out of brass with a steel liner for the release mechanism.

[Olds]

Why not just make a hand brake lever out of brass with a steel liner for the release mechanism.

Mainly because of the time it would take. To remake this period handbrake in brass, would take days.  Paint only took a couple of hours (it needed painting anyway) and was done mainly to see if a reasonable effect could be achieved easily.
Not everyone has the facilities to make items like this, but anyone can use rattle cans.