Shop Tip - When you need a metallic color engraving infill try metallic calligraphy inks. Especially for gold this is my go to infill color. I’ve tried a wide range of gold paints/paint pens/gold leaf material but this brass ink pictured gives a very vibrant and iridescent yellow gold color that I love. Not perfect in all cases but for small details it usually makes the pieces pop. Anyone else have recommendations for go to color infill materials? #K40ShopTips
Any examples to show?
@Rich_Sobocinski pics don’t pick up iridescent properties of ink but here’s a recent thing I made. The sun and moon are colored with the ink and it’s so much better in person.
@Nedman nice! Thanks. I can pick up a little of the iridescence
@Nedman Man, you must have a steady hand to get the ink in there that precisely.
@Joel_Brondos The background shield is masked before engraving and then I paint with the mask still on. So I don’t need to be super precise.
The best ideas are often the simplest. What do you use for masking?
For small things I use 3M delicate surface wide blue painters tape. For larger things I use 8” wide lettering transfer tape (Conform RTape 4075RLA)