Thanks for the helpful information. I'm going to have to try the techniques here on a sample piece and see if I can replicate it using Speedball ink. I didn't think this would work, but it seems like this is the method used to blacken the engravings.
Blackening the recesses would be what I'm referring to. Would using paint or printing ink do a clean job of filling in the recesses, especially the very fine detailed areas similar to the picture in the original post? Also, with the surface being gold plated, would using a piece of paper cause...
Hi all,
I'm new to the forum and I've been researching this question for over a year and I haven't been able to find an answer. Maybe I've just been researching the wrong thing so I figured I'd ask the experts here.
I do laser engraving on firearms as well as gold plating, but I haven't been...