Wow, that looks impressive. Thanks for posting it.
I was just about to post a rant on getting those daggone mico-scratches out, but this article seems to be saying that it's impossible on soft aluminum, using our techinques. It's pretty hard to convince a customer that your work is "perfect" when they see these scratches in bright sunlight (although in reality I haven't had any actual complaints yet - you almost have to be looking for them to see them. I've actually pointed them out and people are like, "so? looks good to me...").
I wonder what tool would be used with the ink...loose wheels? Some kind of synthetic burnisher? If the article said this I missed it.
This also explained to me why we get those micro-scratches - the softness of the aluminum. I haven't done enough stainless to know better, but seems to me that this wouldn't be a problem with stainless if hardness is the deciding factor.
Anybody else done a lot of stainless? Any difference in the micro-scratches?
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