Personalized drinking flask (weathered look)

Personalize a stainless steel drinking flask for yourself or as a gift. This is very easy. I came up with this method through trial-and-error while trying and failing to etch a flask according to this lovely instructable:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Create-custom-etched-aluminium-aluminum-art/
His looks a lot cleaner, but if you're okay with a distressed look mine is way easier. 

Step 1 Materials

1. Stainless steel flask
2. General purpose sandpaper
3. Fine grit sandpaper (not absolutely necessary but desirable)
4. Iron
5. The back of a used sheet of sticky labels
6. Painters/masking tape
7. Isopropyl Alcohol
8. Carb & Injection cleaner (not absolutely necessary but desirable)
9. Piece of fabric, such as scrap from T shirt. Towel may work.
10. Spray on sealant

Comments

[olddirtyspatula]

You can buy 8 oz plain flasks at wal mart for between 2-4 dollars, in the camping section. You have to look pretty hard though, they're often hidden and hanging vertically on an endcap or between stuff.

[l8nite]

Those look really cool. I like the style points of a flask but not all the aggravation of filing it and the pint or larger flasks are kind of pricey the 3 I have hold maybe a 1/4 of that so like I said.. style points! Now I have to find some that aren't engraved to try this on !