Quote Originally Posted by Tim Bateson View Post
In my opinion Enduramark's recommendation of a 2:1 dilution is way too thin.
Well that sucks-- I really need to try some 6038. I've thinned the last 2 bottles of 6000 at 3:1, and it's borderline too thin for brushing, but it's okay. But if 2:1 is too thin, there will be no money saved:
1 cup 6000=4 cups thinned @ $250 = $62.50 per usable cup---
1 cup Endu=3 cups thinned @ $180 = $60.00 per usable cup--
hmmm...

We shall see...

And FWIW, paypal says $9.99...

And FWIW part II, I have bottles of DNA that my brushes get rinsed in, and use for thinning and test engraving- with just the trace amounts of Cermark in the alky, the results are still quite black hit at full power... (this addresses 'if it was thicker the tests might have been closer')

My main interest at this point is how it works in my glass Triumph. Cermark simply will not produce results to suit me as for basic text engraving on stainless. The only consistency I get is with lots of power, and the result, while very consistent and requires sandblasting to remove, isn't the least bit "black". It's a dark bronze, with a gloss to it, which causes the mark to disappear when light hits it on an angle. I need a nice flat black like my metals lasers give me.

We shall see...