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Step 2Masking the tin and draw your design
You need to mask off the top of the tin. Cover the bare metal with the packing tape. If you use more than one strip of tape, leave a little overlap to assure that you have a water tight seal between the pieces. Any bare metal still revealed at this point could wind up being etched. Try and work out all the air bubbles and make sure the edges are covered.
Taking a sharpie or other pen that will draw on the tape, sketch out your design. it's OK to be a little sloppy. I had drawn in some writing here, but abandoned it in the next step. I'll add my "message" later. You will be cutting around the design.
Taking a sharpie or other pen that will draw on the tape, sketch out your design. it's OK to be a little sloppy. I had drawn in some writing here, but abandoned it in the next step. I'll add my "message" later. You will be cutting around the design.
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May 23, 2007. 8:23 PMgirrrrrrr2
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ok so can you use any method to mask the areas you dont wanna etch...like the toner off a laser printer(put ink jet photo paper through a laser printer...)
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May 24, 2007. 10:11 AMphotozz (author)
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as long as it's a non-metallic base, and can stand up to salt water, then yes. Some toners have iron oxide in them, so be careful. I was using tape cause I was lazy and cheap. it's what I had on hand. The idea would be some form of asphalt base like they use in professional fine art intaglio.
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Feb 8, 2007. 11:56 AMlttlmss
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Feb 8, 2007. 1:54 PMphotozz (author)
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yes yes. *sigh.. thank you. I know that... now.
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Feb 3, 2007. 10:36 PMCyanide
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this is definitely the sweetest valentine i've ever received... :] wait, when is Valentine's Day again?
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