I tried making some brass a while back. I didn't have any borax on hand at the time to use as flux, so a good amount of metal just oxidized. The copper was from pipes and the zinc from wheel weights. With all the strange oxidization, it was dumb luck that he metal turned out pretty.
Here's the ingot. It weighs about three pounds if I had to guess.
Nice golden color. I doubt I'll be able to duplicate it though!
The actual proportions that I was trying of are those of Admiralty brass.
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