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clampdaddy

clampdaddy

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Started tipping a few Miller Fortunes to get my courage up to strip my TGLB. I think I'm just about there so here goes..... Step #1, etching the logo. More to come later.

 
So many people forget to etch the logo, and that one is a nice basic logo so it should turn out nice. You're off to a great start.
 
Note to self: Citristrip sucks. :thumbdn: It does a fairly decent job of melting the edge of a brand new plastic scraper but it is barely phasing the tanker gray finish on my TGLB. Glad I have lots of beer.........and that the beer in question has 6.9% alcohol deliciousness. :thumbup:

 
Get in there with a stiff nylon bristled brush!

For me the toughest coating to remove was jungle green.
 
Done! It could use some polishing but I'm going to wait and see what it does. If it rusts it'll let me know that it needs some more work. If not, I may leave it as is. I kind of like the character that it has right now.

 
mainaman said:
How do you etch the logo?
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. Went to radio shack and got a bottle of etchant. Swabbed it on with a q-tip. Put on enough that it mounds up on the logo. It turns the steel black. Every 20 minutes I used the old wet wet q-tip to rub the black off so the chemical can get a fresh bite on some virgin steel and then reapply some fresh chemical with a new q-tip. Repeated the process for about 2.5 hours. This should give you an idea of how deep it etched the steel.
 
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clampdaddy said:
. Went to radio shack and got a bottle of etchant. Swabbed it on with a q-tip. Put on enough that it mounds up on the logo. It turns the steel black. Every 20 minutes I used the old wet wet q-tip to rub the black off so the chemical can get a fresh bite on some virgin steel and then reapply some fresh chemical with a new q-tip. Repeated the process for about 2.5 hours.
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Thanks
 
No problemo. Unfortunately, they only sell a bottle of etchant that is big enough to do a couple thousand blades. It cost around twelve bucks. Not sure what the laws are for shipping a bottle of chemical but if its legal to do, it might not be a bad idea to have a "pass it around" bottle.
 
clampdaddy said:
No problemo. Unfortunately, they only sell a bottle of etchant that is big enough to do a couple thousand blades. It cost around twelve bucks. Not sure what the laws are for shipping a bottle of chemical but if its legal to do, it might not be a bad idea to have a "pass it around" bottle.
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Thanks man.
I can get the dry substance on ebay for a few bucks and dilute to make the solution.
If I decide to strip a blade I'll probably go that route.
 
Aw, hell. Who am I kidding? There's no way I could have easy access to a bead blaster and not use it.
 
Thanks. You can't tell it by the above photo but the etched lettering survived the bead blasting and the edges actually look sharpeand cleaner than before. Now I need to think up a good way to blacken the letters.
 
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