Acid etch?

[4v50 Gary]

Anybody ever do acid etching? If so, please share your experience.

 

[Shortgrub]

I did some waayy back when, in high school shop projects. Seemed pretty straight forward. Sorry, no more experience with it.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Found this video. Easy-peasy. Ordered it on Amazon (there's no Radio Shack near me).

 

[tactikel]

I did an etch back in the ‘60s. I etched the side lock of a BP rifle. First degrease the metal part. Next melt paraffin and coat the part about 1/16”, cool to room temperature. Using a metal stylus scribe your design down to the bare metal. Apply the acid (sulfuric, nitric, fluoric) to the design. Let set to etch. Rinse with cold water then use a heat source to melt the paraffin off.
I use a cold blue to darken the design to blend with the case hardening.

 

[Gator Weiss]

There is a compound called acid resist, you paint the metal with it, scribe your design in the paint, put it in a glass casserole dish, pour in acid to cover, give it a couple days, rinse, dry, acetone to clean off, done.

 

[4v50 Gary]

This morning I tried the xerox transfer and held a iron to the (.8 mm) brass for ten min and it didn't take well. It needs either more time or better darker toner. Trying it again for thirty minutes. If it doesn't work i'll try Gator Weiss paint and scribe (but with laser scribing) before immersion into ferric oxide.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Done messed up big time. I should not only have reversed the image but also reversed black to white. Sundial and compass are installed.

It is seen here with the bag, powder measure, short starter and nipple pick. Not seen is the rectangular Altoid tin with other accoutrements.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Does acid etching work on brass??

 

[4v50 Gary]

Yes, but I should have reversed the black and white and not just reversed the image. Next time I'll do better.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Yes, but I should have reversed the black and white and not just reversed the image. Next time I'll do better.

Oh I sure am dumb. Now I see it was about brass all along. Do'h. I have a couple of knives that were etched by a friend, so my mind was locked on steel for some reason. Do I understand that you inletted a small compass? I have a bow I'd like to do that with, but I'm afraid if it breaks from the shock, I'd have a hard time getting it out again. Will the compass survive the shock of the recoil? I was kind of concerned about the recoil of the bow breaking the compass, which of course is way less than a rifle. ??

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Here's some etching for you. A friend of mine did this on a couple of my knives. She uses wax I believe. Ignore the background in the close-up pics, I had to walk all over the house to find the right light that wouldn't wash-out the picture.

 

[gobsauce]

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Here's some etching for you. A friend of mine did this on a couple of my knives. She uses wax I believe. Ignore the background in the close-up pics, I had to walk all over the house to find the right light that wouldn't wash-out the picture.

That's absolutely gorgeous!

 

[Malachi Leviticus Blue]

we acid etched glass in grade school, but I haven't done it or really thought about it much since.
Might have to consider some creative expression in that vein one of these days

 

[Acorn Mush]

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Here's some etching for you. A friend of mine did this on a couple of my knives. She uses wax I believe. Ignore the background in the close-up pics, I had to walk all over the house to find the right light that wouldn't wash-out the picture.

Beautiful work!!!

 

[woodnbow]

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Here's some etching for you. A friend of mine did this on a couple of my knives. She uses wax I believe. Ignore the background in the close-up pics, I had to walk all over the house to find the right light that wouldn't wash-out the picture.

Thought for a second you were using my mud room for your backdrop…

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Thought for a second you were using my mud room for your backdrop…

Why I ottah!!!

 

[hawg]

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Here's some etching for you. A friend of mine did this on a couple of my knives. She uses wax I believe. Ignore the background in the close-up pics, I had to walk all over the house to find the right light that wouldn't wash-out the picture.

Wowza!!!