Helldunkel Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I have no idea where to post this... Anyway I had these aluminium logo's cut out by CNC at one point for my headstocks and I had this idea to give them a Hydrochloric acid bath... Turned out that it takes off all the small machine marks but also gives it a really cool matt finish, almost like its been sanded... Of course (thypical Patrick), I later on learned that this is a very commun technique which is being used to distress aluminium Made this video... Aluminium Corrosion And here is the result... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotYou Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) Nice! That matches the wood very nicely. I love a good chemical finish. Edited December 9, 2010 by NotYou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim37 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 nice look i really like th weathered look a lot of guys are doing these days i am hoping to do somethign soon im still working on getting up the tools for that i got plenty of old pine to build one from. i learned by accident what happens when you mix aluminum and acid. i had some muriatic acid i was trying to clean some paint off some engine parts. lol it was pretty funny after i got the bucket dumped out and rinced the parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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