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Found this one on the interwebz

http://imgur.com/a/dCvS5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I saw this too, but I'll be damned if I can see a damned thing inside my kettle during a rolling boil. The steam coming off it and the hop spider do a good job of blocking any view of the kettle wall.

Pretty cool

Very handy.

Very cool, might try this on my kettle

Wouldn't this remove the chromium oxide layer and make it susceptible to rust?

amartin wrote:Wouldn't this remove the chromium oxide layer and make it susceptible to rust?

The Reddit thread where this was initially posted is here

There's a bunch of high-falootin' chemistry talk there, but I think they end up deciding that it's probably not a problem.

Easy to passivate anyways but yes.

a follow up from reddit

http://en.reddit.com/r/Homebrewing/comm ... ss_kettle/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Did this tonight. Works great. Little bit of a learning curve, so my lower lines and numbers are not super visible.

Nice! Looks great!

Celiacbrew wrote:Did this tonight. Works great. Little bit of a learning curve, so my lower lines and numbers are not super visible.

looks awesome...do mine do mine

It's way easier than it looks. The hardest part is measuring the volumes and marking them because the water interferes with most markers and pens. I used my son's bath crayons to make the marks but if I dipped below the water line it smudged the line and I would have to dry off the crayon and the surface and try again.

I think for the stencils, you would want to get stick on ones because they would give crisper lines. Or just do it in Roman numerals and use electrical tape. i wetted down my stencils so the sort of stuck in place but it wasn't perfect.

Oh and I used my phones camera and light to help with the taping off and etching deep in the pot. That was the only way I could get close enough to see where I was putting the tape. If you have kids with narrow enough shoulders, you could get them to crawl into the pot and tape off the markings.

Take a piece of tape and premark your spots to etch. Then use the tape as your spot in the empty pot to add lines and #.

Sandy

GAM wrote:Take a piece of tape and premark your spots to etch. Then use the tape as your spot in the empty pot to add lines and #.

Sandy

Like run a piece of electrical tape up the side of the pot and then cut in the marks? that is brilliant Sandy!!!

Lay the tape over the water line and work to the bottom side of the tape.

Sandy

This BYO article has the EXACT same photos as the above original imgur link but with a bit more detailed write up. https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3113 ... e-projects