BRONZE FOR BRIGHT METALS.
Red aniline (fuscine) ten parts, purple aniline five parts, alcohol 95 per cent. one hundred parts, benzoic acid five parts. Add the anilines to the alcohol, and dissolve by placing the vessel in a sand or water bath. As soon as dissolved, add the benzoic acid and boil for five or ten minutes, or until the greenish color of the mixture is turned to a brilliant light bronze; spread with a brush on bright metal.