should i give my cymbals a patina paint job

What am I doing wrong? I am desperately looking for a solution. I got new awesome Evans G2 Coated heads for my two toms and now they have a couple of black marks on them after I realized the residue transferred onto my sticks onto my heads. To make matters worse, the black residue I can't get rid of, no matter how many paper towels I use, sticks to my drum sticks' heads. It always ends up a black washover look, as if I might as well have added a drop of black paint on a paper towel and used that as my cleaner. Yes, I've watched videos such as COOP3RDRUMM3R's video on it and yes I've read the directions over and over and I've interpreted them into so many ideas, such as am I applying to little/much pressure, should I use more/less cleaner, and do I leave it on or just go ahead and wipe it as soon as I've covered the cymbal?. I've used up nearly half of the cleaner trying to get an even color and shine on this cymbal. I have a Zildjian Avedis Medium Ride and New Beat Hi-hats, so a Zildjian cleaner on Zildjian cymbals? Would could go wrong? Hope this might help any of you that enjoy this type of thing.About 20 minutes ago, I went to the store and bought me some Zildjian Cleaning Polish. but,i knew if i didnt at least attempt a pic you guys would attack me! the pics dont really show how bright it actually was or how neat it looks now. the pic of the cymbal when it was shiney was one from tim's auction. still just have an old webcam for photos. I have two pics here but i apologize for the quality of my pic. not sure if the sound of it changed or not yet. it sounded great before and still sounds great. matched my other vintage cymbals perfectly. it wa exactly what i wanted it to look like. it gave the cymbal a perfect golden hue with a darler color underneath. just a little of the green was then on the towel. after i sprayed it, i let it dry a minute or two in the sun and lightly wiped it down. i did some research on a non cymbal site and found that some people suggested spraying a light coat of wd 40 on the brass object at that point. my concern was that the green was a little too green and would stand out. but,i think it can be done much quicker as you can see the patina building on the cymbal. i think i put one more coat of the solution on the cymbal. also, each day when i was watering my plants i would hit the cymbal with a mist of water. after a few days a nice little green film began to show on the cymbal. sprayed this on the cymbal and just let it sit.

about 1/3 of the container was filled with vinegar,1/3 with water and probably 5 or 6 tablespoons of salt. i took a spray bottle i had and mixed some vinegar,salt and water. i placed the cymbal outside where it had some shade but mostly sun. i then read a post here from member mountainhick about a process he uses to add patina and decided to give it a shot. it made some difference but was at a much slower pave than i wanted. I mentioned here a while back that i had put it out in a shed i have outside that is somewhat open to the elements hoping to age it some cosmetically. i just like mine with the old grundgy look to them. i'm not a cymbal cleaner and i know that some of you are. i really liked it but all of my other cymbals has a nice dark patina on them. it had a couple of small cracks and tim gave me a great deal on it. i bought a vintage 22 inch zildjian cymbal around christmas time from forum member poot(tim).

Should i give my cymbals a patina paint job