So, while on vacation I saw an episode of Mythbusters on TV that had something to do with transfering negatives onto sheets of bronze, I believe they were etching fingerprints onto the bronze with some chemicals and UV light or something like that.
But anyway, that got me thinking, what would be involved in printing to sheets of bronze (or other metals) instead of regular printing paper? I'm guessing the use of some chemical that causes a reaction on the metal when UV light is shown onto it? If a photographic negative were projected onto the bronze that has the chemicals that react to the bronze with UV light shown on it, a positive image would be etched into the metal, correct?
Anyone ever done anything like this, or know of any resources for doing this? It's got my interest, and I'd like to give it a shot if it's not terribly complicated or posing much of a chemical hazard
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