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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 1497134, member: 54"]Gosh, never tried that particular pattern, but if the reward was there, I’d probably get it done. Don’t have time to research the limits of acid etching, but I was really surprised at the capability when I was using ferric chloride on brass. Anything I could paint, print, or otherwise effectively mask off on the brass could make a sharp pattern if you played around with the time, temperature, agitation, pH, post-etch process, etc. until it worked. That’s why zillions of complex printed circuits were made using ferric chloride etching. But since I wasn’t there when this object was embellished I can’t say for sure how it was done-etching is my opinion. If it was made during the past couple of decades, laser engraving would have been the most certain way, but I’m not sure we’d all agree on what year it was made, either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 1497134, member: 54"]Gosh, never tried that particular pattern, but if the reward was there, I’d probably get it done. Don’t have time to research the limits of acid etching, but I was really surprised at the capability when I was using ferric chloride on brass. Anything I could paint, print, or otherwise effectively mask off on the brass could make a sharp pattern if you played around with the time, temperature, agitation, pH, post-etch process, etc. until it worked. That’s why zillions of complex printed circuits were made using ferric chloride etching. But since I wasn’t there when this object was embellished I can’t say for sure how it was done-etching is my opinion. If it was made during the past couple of decades, laser engraving would have been the most certain way, but I’m not sure we’d all agree on what year it was made, either.[/QUOTE]
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