DIY etch your aluminum panels

SineSurfer · Joined: Jan 19, 2007 Posts: 45 Location: Mexico

Hi there, just made a tutorial for DIY etch labels/designs on aluminum panels here:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_etch_aluminum_panel_labelsdesigns_with_a_r/

edit by Blue Hell : and here (thanks to mosc Smile

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How to etch aluminum panel labels/designs with a reusable acid mix - More DIY How To Projects

Photon · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject:

Awesome! Thanks for that.

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:36 am Post subject:

A great tutorial, but it's a shame that there is no way of downloading the pdf without paying a subscription to that site. Why don't you just upload you tutorial step-by-step to electro-music.com? It's free here you know, and we can up your charter as this is a special item (requiring lots of photos etc).

Very Happy

Lofi Ninja · Joined: Oct 25, 2008 Posts: 143 Location: Jupiter

Great ! Nice tutorial.. I'm guessing this would work with the toner method aswell?

SineSurfer · Joined: Jan 19, 2007 Posts: 45 Location: Mexico

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:40 pm Post subject:

v-un-v · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject:

SineSurfer, you have full permission to post away! Cool

(and you have got unlimited upload space, so don't worry too much over photo size- as long of course that we aren't talking several metres squared!! Laughing

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SineSurfer · Joined: Jan 19, 2007 Posts: 45 Location: Mexico

Thanks v-un-v, i'll reformat the tut as a pdf to download from here, as my free time permits, that will work better Wink

blue hell · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:52 am Post subject:

For now I just embedded it into the first message.

v-un-v · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:01 am Post subject:

Well if you guys are happy with that, cool! Cool

SineSurfer · Joined: Jan 19, 2007 Posts: 45 Location: Mexico

and then, life and work got in the way and the on-site tut is still on hold, sorry... but hey, just found a guy using my method here:

http://vinnui.blogspot.com/

some good looking panels, any more volunteers? Very Happy

vinnui · Joined: Jun 12, 2009 Posts: 19 Location: Hungary

Hi all!

SineSurfer! Thanks for creating this wonderful Instructables.com howto! When I saw it, I was very excited, because finally I've found the solution for my looong time problem. This was a large step forward for my sdiy project, and when I saw the first front panel made by this method, I'm simply amazed!

What a simple, powerful and useful idea, congratulations!
It needs a little practice, but with a little experience, it's can do fantastic results, I recommend it to everyone.
Beware of the acid, it's very agressive, don't breathe it!

Thanks for posting my blog link!

edit: I'm using the toner transfer method, it's working!