How to make an enclosure look rough as fuck

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besides crayons and sharpie(that dont seem to work too well)
is there somethin else you can draw with to protect from the acid
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Fingernail polish.
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ryan summit wrote:besides crayons and sharpie(that dont seem to work too well)
is there somethin else you can draw with to protect from the acid


You can use etch resist for PCBs. This is how people etch their own circuit boards, with similar acid. There's the iron on masks that you can make with laser printers, or there's just etch resist "crayons" that you can draw with.

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yeah got me an inkjet printer
but really wanna mess around with this
used muriatic acid for years etching concrete
have scars on my private parts to prove it
witch would give you the most detail you think?
dont answer that if you think theres certain things a person should figure out thmself
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BrentMpls wrote:
AC128 wrote:I had good results by covering an enclosure with copper foil, then using chemicals to create different layers of patina

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I like that texture


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smells like a werewolf farted on some dog shit...
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