Types of enclosure decoration...

[temol]

Not sure about proper name for this type of paper - probably cardstock. I usually use 120g/sq m, sometimes thicker.

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[bifurcation]

Adding Hexjibber's awesome etching tutorial:

How I Do Etching

This is how I etch pedal enclosures; Step 1: The enclosure will look something like this to begin with; Note: I have found that the Eddystone line of Hammond enclosures are better for etching and...

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[Nostradoomus]

Yeah that’s the one I used haha. Just different paper.

 

[Jaga]

That's an interesting topic to discuss.

I'm looking for some reliable home-friendly (or hackerspace-friendly) way to do the decoration. Etching stuff looks too complex to me.

Tried "image transfer paper" found on ebay, but the result was so awful that it doesn't worth showing. Their video was pretty promising, but my results were far from it.

Probably I was doing something wrong and someone had better results.

 

[Nostradoomus]

You really need to buy good paper from a legit source. I tried the eBay stuff once and it’s still stuck to an enclosure somewhere haha. I buy my Press n peel blue transfer sheets from DigiKey and they haven’t let me down.

 

[Nostradoomus]

So just an update on acid etching. I’ve heard from several places that you can just use glossy magazine paper, so I gave it a shot and hot damn I am never buying expensive transfer paper again. This isn’t painted over yet but I am very pleased with the results thus far. For a duo phase!