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Maybe it's just the perspective of the photo, but to me the letters look bigger than they need to be? To each their own, but I prefer 1/16". Can't be read unless you hold it up to your face, and the wife isn't going to put reading glasses on to tell if you made another SBR.... Hopefully you do...

Maybe it's just the perspective of the photo, but to me the letters look bigger than they need to be? To each their own, but I prefer 1/16". Can't be read unless you hold it up to your face, and the wife isn't going to put reading glasses on to tell if you made another SBR.... Hopefully you do...

I think it is probably fine too but after some of the comments want to see what people had to say. Wouldn't want to get thrown in prison over .0015 vs .003

So this is what I got done... the consensus is re-do?

From comments I have read at a variety of websites, while laser etch almost never strictly satisfies the .003 depth requirement, no one has ever gotten burned for it. I found threads from at least a couple of people who had ATF look at the laser engraving and said it was fine. I could not find a tra...

The other concern with dabbing paint on is that the laser "engraving" is not very deep. The paint has the potential to obliterate it.

If the lower is black then just grab a can of black spray paint. Spray a Q-tip then dab it onto the area to be darkened. I have done this dozens of times and it is cheap and works better than anything else. Haha you are wayyyy braver than me dude! :shock: The lower is a $235 Mega billet job. I woul...

RMcDonald wrote:Aluminum blackeners only work on exposed bare aluminum, what you're seeing is the anodizing blocking the alumablack.

Does the laser engraving not go deep enough to expose "bare" aluminum?

Ok. Thanks guys. I might pick up the aluma-Hyde.

Mr. Clean to the rescue.

I was able to remove the offending material with a Mr Clean eraser pad. Didn't harm the finish at all but the casey junk is gone.

Now I will need to find the proper product for blackening the aluminum.