Acid etch,what else can I use as a resistant?

[ILoveAniceOpeningHole]

So as the title says, what other things aside from nail polish can I use as a resistant when acid etching? I want to get really accurate results and have been using stencils for lettering but could I dip the blade in wax, etch out a design in the wax and soak in f.c.

 

[Petunia D. Feeble]

That's exactly how a traditional art etching is done (as far as I know) so I would guess that it should work fine on a knife.

 

[ILoveAniceOpeningHole]

That's exactly how a traditional art etching is done (as far as I know) so I would guess that it should work fine on a knife.

So was would resist ferric chloride? Do you know any other ways? How about vaseline?

 

[ILoveAniceOpeningHole]

So was would resist ferric chloride? Do you know any other ways? How about vaseline?

Wax*

 

[Bill DeShivs]

riogrande.com sells etching resist.

 

[Rob Skinner]

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[ILoveAniceOpeningHole]

Thanks allot guys but what about wax? Will it work?

 

[brando555]

Etch resist

 

[Hairy Clipper]

We used wax in high school shop class as an etch resist 50 years ago. I know guys that have used magic marker as an etch resist when making one of a kind circuit boards using ferric chloride to etch copper covered G10.

 

[ILoveAniceOpeningHole]

Ok somive got a few options, I'm really new at this and I'm really interested in it,I just finished a basic etch in aluminium using a sticker cut out and nail polish. Fosrst I soaked it it salt and vinegar then f.c and it left a much better etch than f.c alone

 

[wally102]

Not sure if it would work for acid etching, but I use vinyl and a vinyl cutter for a resist when electro-etching.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

I told you what professionals use.

 

[ILoveAniceOpeningHole]

Well done you.