fun with toxins!

[rmd]

to engage other parts of my brain, i figured it was time to actually get around to doing another attempt at etching things. this time, house numbers on copper flashing.

the old house numbers were ugly, so i didn't remount them after the porch work. yes, this means that they've been taped on the wall for a year.

new house numbers are in the same font that i used for a paper spray paint stencil on my trash barrels. i tried laserprinter toner transfer resist, with mediocre success -- i think i need to run it hotter harder longer. (insert double-entendre here.) additional resist was done with the green foil (also mediocre results with an iron) toner encapsulator and touch-up with magic markers. packing tape covered the large swaths of clear space. the etch came out pretty well. i just put patina on the low parts and later i'll polish the high parts to get rid of overflow patina.

pictures here

Comments

[pale-chartreuse.livejournal.com]

Pretty!

[istemi.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

I think I spotted a big chunk of copper flashing in the basement. Would that be useful for future projects?

[rmd.livejournal.com]

i suspect it would not be useful in proportion to having it physically kicking around until i used it, so no, but thank you!

[flit.livejournal.com]

Love that font, and the etching has a great look to it, too.