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    • October 22, 2003 at 10:48 am #706560
      GrahamH
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      Does anyone know what a new green material is that’s being used to clad at least three Dublin buildings of late?

      The most well known is Clery’s new facade on North Earl St, where it is being used to surround their new window extention.

      Its also in use on a new building on Amiens St, as well a a building way down the quays near the Civic Offices.

      Its most unusual and looks exactly like oxidised copper – just a bit darker – and has appeared in the city so suddenly, literally in the past few weeks.
      Its quite striking on the Clerys extention – contrasting with the brown brick and the sleek new glass.

    • October 22, 2003 at 11:43 pm #736705
      urbanisto
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      I thought it was copper plating as well. The extension to DIT Cathal Brugha St also has this type of material. It looks good doesnt it…

    • October 23, 2003 at 2:21 pm #736706
      GrahamH
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      It takes about 20-30 years though for it to turn green though dosn’t it?

    • October 23, 2003 at 2:28 pm #736707
      sw101
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      Factory oxidised maybe? you can do it in a bath with some special electrolyte . its like electroplating rust from the inside out.

    • October 23, 2003 at 4:03 pm #736708
      Anonymous
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      It doesn’t take that long I think – certainly within a year or two the cooper will have oxidised.

      I was in Ottawa in 1997 when the Parliament Building there was being re-roofed with a new copper roof. They used horse urine to haste the oxidation process to turn the copper green to match the appearance of the building with the old roof.

    • October 24, 2003 at 11:20 am #736709
      Andrew Duffy
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      Best use for Budweiser I’ve ever heard of.

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