[Shop-talk] Dye-ing stainless steel

[john niolon]

take your mig welder with .029 wire... and with a steady hand......    I wouldn’t use flux core.... too much texture with that

From: Scott Hall 
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2016 3:53 PM
To: Shop-talk at autox.team.net 
Subject: [Shop-talk] Dye-ing stainless steel

My wife asked for a monogrammed Yeti cup--you know, those stainless steel cups that keep ice cool forever. 

Got the cup, had it monogrammed. I am a hero.

Monogram is so 'shallow' into the stainless that it's almost impossible to see. You can catch your fingernail on it, but just barely.

I was going to have at it with a Sharpie, then wipe off the excess, but I don't know if that'll do it--if it wipes off the surrounding metal, why won't it wipe off the engraved part, too? I doubt the cut is deep enough to hold paint, but I might try that.

Thought you guys might have advice on how to get this to stand out.

Thanks in advance.

Scott


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