Quote Originally Posted by The Royal Hajj View Post
I think you will have to be careful hand brushing these... the opening between the ratlines are super fine and will clog easily if you don't thin your paint enough. I'm just going to be test fitting them in the raw bass from here on out. When I go to actually do up my ships, I'll airbrush them black.
I've never tried it, but I know products like "blacken-it" are made specifically for blackening brass model parts without obscuring detail.
http://www.micromark.com/blacken-it-4-fl-oz,7267.html

Does anybody have experience with this? and would it be a good choice for these shrouds/ratlines?