how to make a metal rose gift

[@bobgore1962]

Awesome job Brother! Beautiful work of art! 💯😎👍🏻🔨🔥🌹

[@wrotiron]

Thank you

[@dragonwaterforge]

Beautiful man

[@wrotiron]

Thank you

[@СергейВдовичев-х5е]

Красиво

[@brianfalls5038]

Very nice job there. I think I might have taken a brass brush though and scraped it along the tops of the petals to give them just a little more color. But you did a great job just the same. Well done!

[@wrotiron]

We do that to some and paint others, we've found that brassed around here don't sell very well at all. We've had comments that it makes it look like cheap 70s decor, so even though I like it we don't use it often. Thank you for the comment

[@brianfalls5038]

@@wrotiron Huh! I would have thought that others would have appreciated that but I can sure see your point. Well done just the same sir!

[@brysonalden5414]

Nicely done, as always. I'm always trying to find a way to get some color in mine without paint; closest I've come is trying oxalix acid soaks for well polished leaves, which I'm suddenly finding gives them a bit of a green tint. Still wishing there was a reliable way to turn the steel rose red, or purple, or something without paint or hoping I can learn to flame paint.

[@wrotiron]

Thank you, we've tried brassing but they do not sell hardly at all, we've had folks tell us it makes it look like cheap 70's decor. We tried leaning them plain steel with a clear coat and they sell OK. We give them the rustoleum color treatment and they sell like crazy. It's unfortunate but around here folks like color and we've generally gotta bite our pride and make what sells. This was the first unpainted rose I've made in probably a year.

[@farscape3100]

hi i had no idea that you could make a rose from only two layers of petals. like you i always make a rose for valentines day. i wonder if it could be possable to make a rose bud out of metal?. i love the rose by the way. all my best simon uk

[@wrotiron]

Thank you, my normal large roses have 5 layers these are allot more fun and less strenuous to make

[@spencerarnold7653]

Are you still using the jegs?