Dantech Security Marking

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brian47

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Following on from the thread "D2 Facelift Headlights stolen too." I invested in some of the marking kits. Here are some of my experiences and I hope a few tips if members decide to go down that route.

I purchased two types of kit; one for plastic and one for glass. I opted to use the VIN since I have a private plate on the Disco. The plastic kit had the VIN in "stencil" format and the glass kit was the dot format. The online ordering system was an easy process and payment by Paypal was preferred by Dantech. They also accept orders by post.

Each kit contained 10 pre-cut stencils, a small pot of etching paste, a few cotton buds, a pair of latex gloves, an IPA cleansing wipe, two warning signs and of course the instructions.

Application was relatively easy, decide where the marking was to go, thoroughly clean and de-grease the area, remove the backing paper from the stencil and apply to the window making sure that the edges of the lettering are firmly stuck down.

For the plastic marker I chose the paste with the blue dye in it, they also do a red dye which was then applied using one of the cotton buds to cover the lettering cut- outs. Timing is vitally important here, as I found out to my cost. Leave the paste on the stencil for no more than twenty to thirty seconds then carefully remove the entire stencil being vigilant that the paste is not disturbed. Leaving the paste on for more than thirty seconds will result in the etch paste attacking the stencil and leaving just a plastic mess which will take some work to remove. The etch paste will then require about 24 hours to fully harden.

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The facelift Disco headlights can be etch marked without distorting or damaging the lens fronts because there’s a useful edge on the top about 35-40mm wide which can accommodate the lettering with ease. The rear cluster was also easy to mark without interfering with the actual illuminated area.

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The glass etch system was a lot less critical about timing, taking about three minutes or so for the surface of the glass to be effectively etched.
For the glass etching kit I chose the dot type stencils which proved to be quite successful as it worked out. The Disco 2 has up to 14 windows; windscreen, rear tail-gate, two front doors, two rear passenger doors, two rear side windows, two upper rear windows (the curved ones), two small quarter-lights in the rear passenger doors and two sunroofs. With that in mind I ordered two glass kits but one has been delayed, however I found that if I was careful removing the stencil after marking one window, it was quite serviceable and could be used on another window; being of the dot format there was no tearing or distortion of the lettering and the adhesive remained quite sticky. There was plenty of etching paste, so out of a set of ten stencils I was able to etch all fourteen windows plus both of the wing-mirrors and both of the bumper mounted fog light lenses.

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The size of the lettering is about 8mm and the glass etched ones are most effective towards the edge of the window against the black background of the adhesive band which sticks the window into the vehicle.

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I did find that the single IPA wipe in each kit wasn’t really sufficient but since I keep an aerosol can of IPA anyway so that wasn’t a problem.
 
Thanks for post... I have the glass etching kit, just have not got round to doing... Looks pretty easy and simple... Thanks again. C
 
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