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dminner wrote:
I have been using gun stock dye on steal. Mask, then dye, then acetone. It is not etched, but looks cool and if you use a sponge you can make it look gnarly
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dminner wrote:LaoWiz wrote:Just got this Meatball style enclosure in the mail. It's a beauty and now need to figure out a good solution for etching steel. Also need to figure what I'm going to put in it!
I have been using gun stock dye on steal. Mask, then dye, then acetone. It is not etched, but looks cool and if you use a sponge you can make it look gnarly
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cherler wrote:So is the lettering just the transfer hanging out on it then? I think I remember you mentioning playing around with that?
LaoWiz wrote:dminner wrote:
I have been using gun stock dye on steal. Mask, then dye, then acetone. It is not etched, but looks cool and if you use a sponge you can make it look gnarly
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Guess I'm googling gun dye today Looks great. Might be a time to get some aluminum plates too....
dminner wrote:
Does that make sense? They make aluminum and steel gunstock dyes.
dminner wrote:Yep.
LaoWiz wrote:dminner wrote:Yep.
Thanks pretty great. Gonna try this out. Thanks so much....
jwar wrote:What are you dying it with and how though? Not sure I understand. I've looked into stuff like this in the past but couldn't find a viable option.
dminner wrote:I use the birchwood Casey stuff. Just because they sell it locally at Walmart with the guns. I have the aluminum black and the super blue (for non aluminum stuff).
LaoWiz wrote:dminner wrote:I use the birchwood Casey stuff. Just because they sell it locally at Walmart with the guns. I have the aluminum black and the super blue (for non aluminum stuff).
I actually walked in a Walmart today to look for this stuff but they didn't have it or I couldn't be patient enough to ask a worker. It was a creepy mega walmart so think I'm just going to order online....
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