Let's see your finished DIY projects!

[cherler]

So is the lettering just the transfer hanging out on it then? I think I remember you mentioning playing around with that?

[LaoWiz]

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

This enclosure was done with dye:

Guess I'm googling gun dye today Looks great. Might be a time to get some aluminum plates too....

[multi_s]

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

This enclosure was done with dye:

mamma mia.

[dminner]

So is the lettering just the transfer hanging out on it then? I think I remember you mentioning playing around with that?

Yeah the lettering is a clear coated transfer

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

This enclosure was done with dye:

Guess I'm googling gun dye today Looks great. Might be a time to get some aluminum plates too....

Actually, that example I gave was kind of a shitting example of what I am talking about. It just shows you can make the enclosure look gnarly. That enclosure was some sort of steel.

Here is a better example, the thing I built for the secret Santa this year. They plates aren't actually etched. I added a mask (the inverse of what you see). Dyed the metal black (using a sponge to make it look grimey). Then I scrubbed it with acetone. The acetone removes the mask to expose the undyed aluminum.

Does that make sense? They make aluminum and steel gunstock dyes.

[cherler]

Looks fucking awesome!

[LaoWiz]

Does that make sense? They make aluminum and steel gunstock dyes.

So basically like doing a reverse etch but instead of using acid, using the dye etc?

[dminner]

Yep.

[LaoWiz]

Yep.

Thanks pretty great. Gonna try this out. Thanks so much....

[JonnyAngle]

Yep.

Thanks pretty great. Gonna try this out. Thanks so much....

So THIS is where you hang out!

Cool stuff,bro.

[Jwar]

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]

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.

Gun stock dye. Blot it on the metal and the metal turns black. The remove the mask with acetone to reveal the undyed metal. Worked great on stuff like steel that doesn't like to be etched.

[JonnyAngle]

I've got some incoming. Just search "metal due" on eBay.

[dminner]

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]

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....

[dminner]

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....

I live in Indiana, people in the Midwest love their guns haha.