salt etching on stainless steel

jalal a.w. - Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 1:10pm

This is 2 of my latest work, I experimented some salt etching for the first time, the results was fantastic, hope you like them.
jalal aw

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Salt etching

Stephen Fitz-Gerald - Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 2:40pm

Stephen Fitz-Gerald
Jalal,
I'm very curious about this method.
How did you do it?
Is it mineral salts?
Did you use heat?
Can you elaborate please?

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check out this link on

jalal a.w. - Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 6:56am

check out this link on ehow.com it was helpful:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5079427_etch-stainless-steel-jewelry.html

jalal aw

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The pieces look great Jalal,

eligius1427 - Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 11:23am

The pieces look great Jalal, and the technique sounds intriguing. I'm definitely going to give it a try. I'm assuming the mirror finish was put on first then the etching and that due to the fact that you couldn't repolish after the etching that you skipped the "scrub with a green scour pad" part of the process.

Do the symbols on the pieces mean anything? What was the inspiration of the piece?

Jake

Jake Balcom
Mettle Design
Lincoln, NE

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thanks jake, yes i skipped

jalal a.w. - Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 1:49pm

thanks jake, yes i skipped some steps, you Know it is my firs trail, and i was in a hurry to deliver them on time.
the symbols are in Arabic language, it is poem written by an ancient poet who lived in Arabia around 500 B.C.
The two pieces are my participating in an expedition which will be held in Bahrain in the poets memory.etching 2

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close ups?

FrankV - Sunday, November 22, 2009 - 1:53pm

these look great! any chance you can post a detail picture of the square column? I would love to see a close up of the result

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salt etching

Stephen Fitz-Gerald - Monday, November 23, 2009 - 3:45am

Stephen Fitz-Gerald
Thank you Jalal,
This looks very cool.
How long did you leave the battery connected.
Didn't the piece heat up?

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yes it get some heat up only

jalal a.w. - Monday, November 23, 2009 - 6:42am

yes it get some heat up only at the spot the cotton pad is tuching the metal.
i used a 6 volt car battery charger to etch this pieces.

take a look at this link:
http://www.greenart.info/galvetch/contfram.htm
download the pdf file it have alot of information about elcto etchinh and equipment list.

jalal aw

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