grid_stopper
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Ive been using the blue transfer paper to do etches for some time now, with reasonably good success, however, im coming up against a tricky scenario and am curious if anyone has some suggestions. Im trying to apply a toner mask to an enclosure, and wasnt having any luck what so ever, until i realized that the material(aluminium) is too thin to hold the temperature enough for the transfer to work properly-even with my iron on full blast. knowing this, I brought out a second clothes iron and applied it to the backside of the material, in addition to the one pressing down on the transfer paper. This worked a lot better(despite being incredibly cumbersome!), but, because of the shape of the enclosure the iron on the backside cant reach all of the metal it needs to, and the toner doesnt transfer in those spots(mainly all along the bottom). Ive attached a picture below of the enclosure in question. As you can see, the lips that run along the side make it tricky to evenly heat both surfaces with my two iron method.
Im curious if anyone has any pointers on how to make this work a bit better!
Thanks
Im curious if anyone has any pointers on how to make this work a bit better!
Thanks