Metal distressing/aging

[sticker]

So im in the process of building a sleigh bed with some metal accent pieces. The pieces are cut from 1/4" plate steel and I want to "age" the steel. I heard about pouring hydrogen peroxide on the metal followed by a layer of salt. I tried this and let it sit for 3hrs but only surface rust appeared. Am I being impatient? I want the steel to actually have a pitted look to it. Does anybody know of a different process or maybe I should try again and let it sit for a couple weeks. Thanks

 

[blkrx7]

If you want to pit it, and create a 100 year old wrought iron look, your going to need to either use a super volitile acid, or look at some high build vein powdercoating.

http://www.elpasopowdercoating.com/images/uploads/silver_vein.jpg

 

[sticker]

Yah that's definitely the look I want but a little more brownish/red colour.

 

[blkrx7]

Ask, and google shall provide

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/1lb-Powder-C...A==/$(KGrHqJ,!j!E5duZJtq)BO(6!-oZ7!~~60_3.JPG

Copper looks pretty neat. Talk to a local powder coater, he'll have sample i'm sure.

 

[FullMotoJacket]

I saw a doc on Gibson guitars and it had a bit on their aging department which showed a lot of the tricks and tools they used to age all the hardware on new guitars. Try googling that.