Made a pretty heavy duty cable spear and put in a acid solution for about a half hour and brought it out cleaned it all up and then tried putting a polish to it and all the damascus when away should I soke it a bit longer an hour or more I would heat the acid up but no way to do that yet. Thanks for your help guys....

What kind of acid are you using? Longer soak and warming might work but i find the best for etching is ferric cloride.

Bob

Im using that motherbourd etching acid you buy at radio shack I also thought about trying vinager limon and salt method to see how that works.

Im using that motherbourd etching acid you buy at radio shack I also thought about trying vinager limon and salt method to see how that works.

That's the right stuff. When you polished it after etching, what did you use?

I used the red polish stick on a buffing wheel

So I got some acid heated up real good by heating up a pot full of water then putting the acid in its container in the water just letting it det now for a bit hopefully it works better.

Well, if you buffed out the pattern, either you buffed too aggressively or you didn't etch deep enough. I normally follow the etch by hand-rubbing with 1500-2000 grit paper.

It helps to pull the steel out of the acid occasionally and give it a scrub with a soft brush; it'll etch faster that way.

Hey thanks for the tip matt ill try that I definetly buffed to aggresivly.