Use melted wax to cover the metal. then use a needle stuck in a mechanical pencil (eye of the needle sticking out of the pencil to "carve" your name, initial, logo, pictures....etc. When done melt off the wax and clean and oil the blade. The wax protects where you dont want etched so you dont have to be precise with the qtip. Its a very simple process. It even works on tool steels that are hard to engrave. Plus the wax will let you remelt if you mess up and try again.
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Originally posted by muzzlebrake View PostI might have to try it.
Just need to figure a way to protect the rest of the blade. Maybe cover with clear nail polish?
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Originally posted by K-Train View Postsweet! Girlfriend has a silhouette cameo that unfortunately I know how to work very well. I may have to try this!
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Welded up something “classy” for my brother for his 40th birthday and now my son and I are attempting to etch using saltwater and q-tips. It’s working but it’s a slow process. 12v wasn’t cutting it so we jumped in a 3rd battery and 18 is really making it sizzle!
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Originally posted by txpitdog View PostWell dang. Saltwater only works for non ferrous metals. Didn’t work on the steel. Will try something else
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Figured out last night that saltwater will work for ferrous metals but we had the electrodes backwards. The positive should be fixed to the workpiece and the negative is what you want to use for the saltwater cloth/qtip
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