Should I etch?

Gt Obach · 6th March 2007, 04:00 PM

Hi
now you decided to etch.
you could use white vinegar...it would take a little bit... (less time if heated)
- it'll look abit muddy... .. heres a tip... use some FINE pumice powder on a soft cotton pad..... and rub the oxide off... till you have a nice pattern...

you could do it with ferric chloride.. but shorten the etch time.. its can be very aggressive

remember... this will be a subtle patternweld ..... there won't be a bold look like steels with nickel in the mix... what your seeing here is mostly the weld boundaries in the steel... so try not to over etch...it'll only go so far

my self personally... i'd polish it a little bit higher... then a etch in dilute acid/and pumice rubb

but thats just me

Greg

6th March 2007, 04:00 PM	#6
Gt Obach Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 116	Hi now you decided to etch. you could use white vinegar...it would take a little bit... (less time if heated) - it'll look abit muddy... .. heres a tip... use some FINE pumice powder on a soft cotton pad..... and rub the oxide off... till you have a nice pattern... you could do it with ferric chloride.. but shorten the etch time.. its can be very aggressive remember... this will be a subtle patternweld ..... there won't be a bold look like steels with nickel in the mix... what your seeing here is mostly the weld boundaries in the steel... so try not to over etch...it'll only go so far my self personally... i'd polish it a little bit higher... then a etch in dilute acid/and pumice rubb but thats just me Greg