Engraved Accessories

[securespark]

Would like 7 x MK K2757 engraved.

Where is the best place to go?

Cheers.

 

[SUNRAY]

your local shoe repairer or trophy shop

 

[securespark]

They can add paint?

 

[JohnW2]

They can add paint?

Perhaps - but if they can't, you probably could?

 

[securespark]

Bit cack-handed for that.

 

[plugwash]

A google search found a couple of possibilites.

Electrical Switchplates

We can provide engraving on all styles of electrical switchplates - White plastic, stainless steel and plated finishes. We list a small number of MK plates which we supply complete with engraving

engravingdepartment.com

Custom Engraved Switch Plates - Able Engraving | Grid Plates

Custom engraved switch plates and grid plates by Able Engraving operating in Surrey and London areas. Call now on 01342 843 211.

able-engraving.co.uk

 

[JohnD]

I got some off Ebay af low cost, when they had been professionally engraved and were presumably left over from a job.

Mine were common ones, such as dishwasher, boiler, freezer etc.

Do you need non-standard ones?

I also use my labelmaker, but that's not so durable in a kitchen where there may be splashes and they are cleaned frequently..

 

[JohnW2]

Bit cack-handed for that.

I suspect it requires very little dexterity or skill - just paint (maybe even nail varnish etc.) over the area of the engraving and then wipe off the excess - and then clean up any paint left where it shouldn't be with wire wool or whatever once the paint has dried?

I've done that in my time, with fairly acceptable results.

 

[morqthana]

Mine were common ones, such as dishwasher, boiler, freezer etc.

What happened if someone plugged a dishwasher into a socket labelled "freezer"?

 

[securespark]

The electricity knows and the appliance won't work until you plug the right one in.

 

[SUNRAY]

They can add paint?

Mine do

 

[morqthana]

Would like 7 x MK K2757 engraved.

Where is the best place to go?

Cheers.

What about getting some things 3D printed that would go between the socket and the wall, and project above (or below) it with a small section bearing a legend, also part of the 3D printing. OK, it wouldn't be painted, but...?

That way you could change the sockets but keep the labels if wanted, you could dispense with the labels without having to replace the sockets.

 

[morqthana]

I suspect it requires very little dexterity or skill - just paint (maybe even nail varnish etc.) over the area of the engraving and then wipe off the excess - and then clean up any paint left where it shouldn't be with wire wool or whatever once the paint has dried?

I've done that in my time, with fairly acceptable results.

I was thinking that under the glaze, isn't the plastic a bit porous? Maybe a fine-line marker pen would do the job.

 

[JohnW2]

What happened if someone plugged a dishwasher into a socket labelled "freezer"?

I suspect you might get sent to prison for a long time

 

[JohnW2]

I was thinking that under the glaze, isn't the plastic a bit porous? Maybe a fine-line marker pen would do the job.

Yes, maybe - although I'm not convinced that the urea-formaldehyde stuff is significantly porous at any depth.