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Electrolytic etching of brass for Moleskin notebooks

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Jake writes in with his latest project -

"I used a 19th Century technique called electrolytic etching to create brass cover plates for a set of Moleskin notebooks that I plan to give as gifts these season." - Link.

Posted by Phillip Torrone | Dec 21, 2006 01:27 PM
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spiffy!!

Posted by: ehrichweiss on December 21, 2006 at 12:08 PM

Wow, I just did a wood cover for mine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chadvavra/222474280/in/set-72057594122589362/

Posted by: chadvavra on December 22, 2006 at 9:18 AM

I think plain old table salt instead of copper sulphate will work for etching. I am not sure. I seem to recall that from something I was playing with a long time ago. Someone should try it out.

Posted by: Haqn on December 22, 2006 at 10:07 AM

Can anyone help out and explain where to get such a battery or give advice on a good (Safe) tutorial on how to use a power supply or something similar for this project.

Thanks.

Posted by: refuter on June 8, 2007 at 9:17 PM

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