Weathering a Draft Tower

[Dent Arthur Dent]

I'm starting on a new project for my old Danby kegerator. I'm building a new bar top for it out of some weathered, reclaimed lumber, but I'm thinking the bright, chrome draft tower is going to look a little of on it. Anyone have any suggestions for how I might weather this thing? So far, I've been considering Cooper electroplating or some sort of faux petina. Also, not sure what's under the chrome.

 

[MatthewTCranford]

I'm interested in what you find. I just bought a ceramic tower with brass pieces I'd like to give a brushed look to it so it's not bright gold. This may be a starting point:

 

[bucketnative]

Take a page out of Costanza's book:

 

[Rodent]

check in to how the guys building electric guitars 'relic' their chrome parts so they look to be 20-50 years old

I've been told it's simple to do if you know the secrets to it

 

[MatthewTCranford]

Take a page out of Costanza's book:

Well Played Sir...

 

[Dent Arthur Dent]

So I haven't done anything to the tower yet. Rodent, thanks for the suggestion. I did manage to finish the bar top. There tower is not terribly out of place on the finished piece, so I'll take my time to figure this out. Need to make the cabinet look a bit less fridge-y first anyway.

 

[LeeH]

They look like old Perlicks. Very cool

 

[Dent Arthur Dent]

They look like old Perlicks. Very cool

They are perlicks, but only about 5 years old.