I can testify that mayo does a nice job of turning my silver-plated
tableware green when I don't get to the dishes in a timely fashion.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Walter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, August 06, 1999 1:32 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Hey, mac, you want mayunase wit dat? If not, try some of
our secret sauce


Honored Sir,

As an alternative to mayonnaise, when we were trying to figure out how to
patinate the new copper shingles on the dome of Bklyn Boro Hall for your
good
friend Willie Lump-Lump (AKA Wm J Conklin, FAIA), one of the methods told to
me by some old timer was to use horsepiss.  But we didn't.   You might talk
to Kermit (AKA Jean Wiart, at LMC) to see what he did for BBH and what he
does now for patination. Being the frugal type, I've let the copper trim on
my slate roof patinate naturally, but it was several years before it got
anything like green from brand new.

Can't say I ever heard of mayonnaise as a patinating agent, although I've
used ketchup to clean bronze hardware. The sulfur in the egg yolks (or does
it just smell like sulfur?) in the mayo might be the active ingredient your
genius architect has in mind.

Best of luck.

Ralph