05-14-2012, 11:02 AM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Ducay
You don't honestly think the designers and city approved every West station being copper clad without knowing full well what copper looks like in Calgary? I believe you can chemically treat copper to speed up the oxidization, but without any moist air, its likely going to be deep brown for a while. Enjoy the shiny while it lasts.
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Could we do this?
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The copper roofs on Parliament are green. Everyone can see that. But Nixon says the green did not come naturally. In his book, he quotes Doug Pickard, the foreman of a roofing contractor: “Roofers used to mop horse urine on the new copper to make it go green faster.”
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http://www.centretownnews.ca/index.p...3086&Itemid=94
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