[Boatanchors] Engraved Lettering

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:00:56 -0600

Hank has it right, get a small tube of titanium white acrylic (any old art
store), wipe it in, let it set a bit, wipe it off with a damp cloth. The
wiping off works best if you use a small block of wood with a damp cloth
wrapped around it - keeps you from pulling the paint out of the grooves as
as you rub. Don't let it set up too long, a couple of minutes is plenty, but
if you try to wipe it off when it's too wet it will tend to pull paint from
the grooves. I've only done four or five of these, Hank has probably done a
hundred. Paint stick also works but seems to NEVER fully harden up, and will
smear for months afterwards if you rub on it.
Jerry W5KP

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Subject: [Boatanchors] Engraved Lettering

> Thank you all for the excellent responses to my question. Now all I have
to
> do is decide which method to try.
>
> 73
> Roger K7DDG
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