Got bored

[Cousin Itt]

So I decided to etch my 4nine clone.

Chopped it down to 49mm a few weeks ago as 51mm was bugging me . Drilled some vent holes as that was bugging me too then doodled a pattern on it and masked the threads with nail varnish and chucked it in some ferric chloride to etch the pattern on.

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Why cant i be as talented as this. Looks stunning by the way.

[Cousin Itt]

No talent needed @tubthumper , Just splat some nail varnish on something made of metal and chuck in some etch solution for 1/2 hour to 40 mins and then wash the nail varnish off . Looks tat when you put the nail varnish on but always seams to look ok in the end

[dalealan]

Oooh now that's purty Cousin Itt and you weren't even in ya shed

[Cousin Itt]

Aug 3, 2014 18:00:32 GMT dalealan said:

Oooh now that's purty Cousin Itt and you weren't even in ya shed

Everything happens in the shed dalealan

[dalealan]

Aug 3, 2014 18:02:57 GMT Cousin Itt said:

Aug 3, 2014 18:00:32 GMT dalealan said:

Oooh now that's purty Cousin Itt and you weren't even in ya shed

Everything happens in the shed dalealan

What happens in the shed stays in the shed... Well apart from the pictures...oh and the comments...but everything else definitely stays in the shed hahaha

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Aug 3, 2014 17:58:01 GMT Cousin Itt said:

No talent needed @tubthumper , Just splat some nail varnish on something made of metal and chuck in some etch solution for 1/2 hour to 40 mins and then wash the nail varnish off . Looks tat when you put the nail varnish on but always seams to look ok in the end

So if i stripped down a vamo or nemmy clone painted my design on them and covered the threads with nail varnish then dipped in ferric chloride i would get a similar result.
How long do i dip in ferric chloride.
Where do i get ferric chloride.

[dalealan]

Aug 3, 2014 18:09:10 GMT @tubthumper said:

Aug 3, 2014 17:58:01 GMT Cousin Itt said:

No talent needed @tubthumper , Just splat some nail varnish on something made of metal and chuck in some etch solution for 1/2 hour to 40 mins and then wash the nail varnish off . Looks tat when you put the nail varnish on but always seams to look ok in the end

So if i stripped down a vamo or nemmy clone painted my design on them and covered the threads with nail varnish then dipped in ferric chloride i would get a similar result.
How long do i dip in ferric chloride.
Where do i get ferric chloride.

www.maplin.co.uk/p/ferric-chloride-solid-granule-xx12n do a mix your own crystal thingymebobs 

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Aug 3, 2014 18:13:22 GMT dalealan said:

Aug 3, 2014 18:09:10 GMT @tubthumper said:

So if i stripped down a vamo or nemmy clone painted my design on them and covered the threads with nail varnish then dipped in ferric chloride i would get a similar result.
How long do i dip in ferric chloride.
Where do i get ferric chloride.

www.maplin.co.uk/p/ferric-chloride-solid-granule-xx12n do a mix your own crystal thingymebobs 

Just found the maplin link.
Could you do this with mixed colours.

[dalealan]

Aug 3, 2014 18:15:18 GMT @tubthumper said:

Aug 3, 2014 18:13:22 GMT dalealan said:

www.maplin.co.uk/p/ferric-chloride-solid-granule-xx12n do a mix your own crystal thingymebobs 

Just found the maplin link.
Could you do this with mixed colours.

I'm confuddle? It's an etching solution so not sure what you meant by colours but I'm easily confused at the best of times

[Cousin Itt]

Aug 3, 2014 18:09:10 GMT @tubthumper said:

Aug 3, 2014 17:58:01 GMT Cousin Itt said:

No talent needed @tubthumper , Just splat some nail varnish on something made of metal and chuck in some etch solution for 1/2 hour to 40 mins and then wash the nail varnish off . Looks tat when you put the nail varnish on but always seams to look ok in the end

So if i stripped down a vamo or nemmy clone painted my design on them and covered the threads with nail varnish then dipped in ferric chloride i would get a similar result.
How long do i dip in ferric chloride.
Where do i get ferric chloride.

Yep its that easy. Anything stainless etches quite slow so anywhere from 10-40 + mins depending on how deep you want the etch. The ferric eats anything you havn`t masked so mask all threads or anything that needs to be the same tolerance as it was to begin with.

Never tried etching anything but stainless so if anything is copper or brass be very careful and keep a good eye on the part as ferric is what you use to desolve copper on pcb`s so copper mods will vanish altogether if left too long.

You can buy ferric off ebay for about £8.00 ish for 1/2 liter , you want some sort of glass or plastic container to store it in (no metal lid as it will dissolve)
After etching wash well in water then remove nail varnish with nail varnish remover and buff the part with scotch brite or a kitchen scourer etc as the etched bits can go quite black with smut . Jobs a good one

[Cousin Itt]

Aug 3, 2014 18:15:18 GMT @tubthumper said:

Aug 3, 2014 18:13:22 GMT dalealan said:

www.maplin.co.uk/p/ferric-chloride-solid-granule-xx12n do a mix your own crystal thingymebobs 

Just found the maplin link.
Could you do this with mixed colours.

No colours ? just etched and un etched parts .

This is what I use www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313&_nkw=ferric+chloride&_sacat=0&_from=R40  Don`t get any pens as they don`t mask that well so you get a very faint etch .

[dalealan]

If I ever get round to buying a mod this might be something I might actually try. Welllll after I'd spent 3 month deliberating on the design i would

[Cousin Itt]

Aug 3, 2014 18:25:38 GMT dalealan said:

If I ever get round to buying a mod this might be something I might actually try. Welllll after I'd spent 3 month deliberating on the design i would

Your never going to buy a mod

[dalealan]

Aug 3, 2014 18:26:40 GMT Cousin Itt said:

Aug 3, 2014 18:25:38 GMT dalealan said:

If I ever get round to buying a mod this might be something I might actually try. Welllll after I'd spent 3 month deliberating on the design i would

Your never going to buy a mod

Well there shouldn't be more than two then it'd be an easy decision...probably...maybe