We have a project interview at work today, so I made rulers for the interview team. We are generally doing markups on plans, so I made them into templates of the various note shapes that we tend to use. The 1/8" acrylic was too thick for a template, especially with small-ish shapes, so I went and found some thinner stuff to use.
I definitely took some inspiration from the Gift of Small Measure in that I have the corners all with different sized radii.
The acrylic that I got had a plastic sheet over the top and it just seemed to melt into the engrave when I was testing, so I did these with no protective layer. As such they built up some of the dust and then there are some remnant smudging after cleaning them. I just used dish soap to clean them. If I intend to do more of these, and something tells me I’m going to do them for the whole office… then I will need to find a better cleaning option.
I also need to figure out the best approach to photographing clear acrylic.
Ran into the same issue with plastic coatings a few months ago. Consensus was (1) peel off the plastic first, (2) remask if desired with paper-based masking/frisking, and (3) if it’s too late for 1 and 2, try cleaning the pieces with WD-40 or Goo-Gone.
I haven’t tried #3, so you might want to test that on a small piece.
all i needed to read to know you worked for an architect (or someone who teams with architects) was to read that first sentence. working on an interview for tomorrow morning right now myself.
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