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Comments about etch

There are 100 comments about "etch"

upfromflames: you betcha. Built in the wake of Robert Moses Fort Green plan. That was the same one that led the Dodgers to leave Brooklyn. ...

in response to: Brooklyn Hospital Incinerator by Peter

yea: armor etch and etch bath dont work together idiots ...

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Anon: Pac's original nick name was "PacMAN" but later changed to pac. KTA is a crew, not a person. It consists of a few good friends of mine, PAC, LOWF, HAVIK, GNAR, SYGLE, MOD and a......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

poteto: Yep;from Emerald & dauphin.worked for john gardner stocking his soda box on sat morn.played halfball on arizona E & A 1/2.Remember morgans @ fletcher st?Priscillas next to shortys? Giant great dane(GUNTHER)had to pass @......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

AEROne: I met Etch and Deja when i was 12 out there nowim 20 and been bombin since liven in Ga now so there s not many other ppl getting up but its cool makes mine......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

jon: Hey guys to make posters like the pros your going to have to learn the two fields of reproduction. The first one is printmaking, this includes wood cuts, Linocuts, dry point, etching, engraving, color......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

sue: I lived at 4250 Benny ave apt. 12 People in our building were the Robichauds, The Gonczas, The Withers, The Fletchers. (All I can remenber anyway. What a great place. I was an only child......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Kyle: Only in AMERICA,==In 2008, Do We know have so many prude's verbally speaking out, attempting to perpetuate the FAULTS idea the Penis is Bad or shamefully , or nakedness is shamfull....that is simply for......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Bruce: There is a family of about 5 or 6 raccoons tearing through my neighbourhood right now making loud noises. They were on my neighbour's roof, so I went to fetch ma paintball gun, n......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

PLR (player): yo pac and KTA i love your style crazy stuff i look up to ur work and im just sketching now but soon to get out and wow if i ever run into u plz......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Laura: That is simply amazing work! The amount of detail that has gone into that mural is amazing..I bet I can't see it all either just through photos but that is all I'm ever going to......

in response to: Montreal\'s Largest Mural? by Montrealbunny

James cashan: hi norma , yes i remember brian,may know your brothers by face,we would get anywhere from 1 to 2 hundred people down at tarzan bridge,crossie was a regular face at our shin digs and would often......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: Actually, I cannot place it. But the description you gave tells me I have must have overlooked this one. Maybe it's along one of those stretches of the bike trail where I tend to ride......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

James: Darius, You sure this works? Don't want to wast my money on a bottle of etch bath!...

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Marissa There was a reason it was named as such, because that piece of ground they were built on and the land stretching back to where it meets Boat lane, has only a couple of......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew I could just see the goal post of Irlam AFC though the railings, but really not sure where they play now. The ground they used first of all that I remember was on Gill Field......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: i love the scuffs on the median barrier. its like, how many crashes happened within 25 feet in that stretch of highway alone? the lines of the highway are beautiful, and the plane is creepily close......

in response to: LAX by joey

darius: ok look for all you new people who have no fucking clue im frome frisco cali and stright bus hopping is our thing. look you get a basic mop mini mop shoe polish mop whatever......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Alan Taylor: Dear Ian Clover, I don't think any harm to your income was intended, or if the posting had in fact damaged your income, although I do agree with your sentiments on copyright, which everyone can read......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Alan Taylor: Hi Sheila, Yes it was as you say, but all the rooms were usually packed with punters though, the atmosphere was perfect. Love the picture many thx for that, maybe because there is so much of......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Steven E: Norton Kansas is truly a wonderful place. It is so much more than pictures of it's alleys and a closed dealership. My little home town is surrounded by beautiful green wheatfields, big blue skies and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

j.smith: Shiny unhappy people All is not well in the world of pearly royalty. Beneath the peacock feathers and rhinestone finery is stirring a nasty battle for the soul of the kingdom. In Guildford county court this......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Alan: I hope you like the Oh Fred sketch as it reminds when we played in the old cemetery near the Broadway estate houses...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

rustone: yo u can use murianic acid and mix 1 part water THEN 1 part etch i think. dont mix the other way round! or u will die....

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Alan Taylor: Artist's sketch of The Ship Hotel Irlam. Bet it's changed a little now! [[img:25498]] Last time I recall seeing the Ship Hotel there was a LUT bus shelter in front of it. Hope the picture comes through, if......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks Bob, that has cleared a few questions up for me. However, What do they do with the bones and gravestones when they develop the land for housing such as the housing estate that was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: sorry about the health care problem there, i am on medicare now but all my working years i paid over $400 a month for my health plan, it was the best, when i had open......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Elicar: I talked to someone one day who was playing with his dog, throwing sticks for the dog to fetch! He asked to look at my camera! Was that you? ;)...

in response to: Fall in Toronto by Elicar

Roger Whitfield: Hi Guys and Girls from Cadishead I was born and bread there and fetches back memories, first time on this site the George Hotel was built and run by my family and the street at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: i pass that place every day going to/coming back from the train. i never see anyone in there. im assuming its because theyre still pretty new. with all the cheap (but admittedly spartan/utilitarian) {bodega}s around......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

BBC Reports Kite deaths in Lahore: BBC News Kite deaths mar Pakistan 2005 festival It is not the first time Lahore has seen kite-related deaths Up to nine people have been killed and dozens injured during an annual kite-flying festival called Basant in the......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Re. Hush up: If you delt with the economic conditions of this town (LIKE I DO) on an everyday basis you would see the truth. Hutchinson is a low income area! PERIOD! Why do you demand attention, you......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

99¢Dreams: Hey Peter, do you live in Bushwick, or are you just often there? I ask because your post reminds me of a photo project I've contemplated, but never executed: "Bushwick Gates" I'm referring to a quintessential Bushwick......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

Metro otb mafia: [[img:23032]] dondi has been my biggist inspirations in graffit and art in general. I painted a canvas that hangs in his mothers home in brooklyn today..He was hands down the greatist artist ever in my......

in response to: Dondi: NYC King by Peter

BigRock: well i just made a mop with " Etch Bath " and is it suposed to come out all brownish? last time i used one, it came out clear and dried perfect. but now im......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Luis Acevedo: My wife and I along with our 4 kids live around the corner on Palmetto and Irving. We love that mural. My kids can't get enogh of it. You guys did an awesome job. That......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

CE: You probably won't want to know about the great pleasure I occasionally take in dipping my french fries in mustard then. I actually don't like ketchup, I haven't since I was very very young......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

little ukraine: speaking of Sunset Park... Here is Third Avenue, once a vibrant street full of shopping and dining (New Yorkers, think Steinway Street, Fulton Street, Roosevelt Avenue). The Gowanus Express, the southern leg of the BQE,......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

EvilGentleman: Oh wait, the mayo thing was CE's? For shame! And to think I have transported such a sick man around, what ever shall I do? Almost as sick as the kid I went to school......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

maybetoday: Columbus is the most populous city in Ohio. But, it's not as dense as Cleveland or Cincinnati since its borders stretch out pretty far. I didn't see anyone else walking around the neighborhood.......

in response to: German Village by maybetoday

EYON*DF*: alright so here it is, armor etching cream can be thinned down with mineral spirits (certain kind of paint thinner), or you could get both armor etching cream and bath etch, that mix i......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

JG: You're absolutely correct about the visual compression--but I think the larger issue remains the same: the road widening, signage, etc. is just plain ugly. And I say this as someone who loves Tallahassee. If more......

in response to: Two Views of Tallahassee by JonathanGarrett

Chris: Monday July 9th, I made a point to stop by today and view the progress. The family spent the weekend up on Greenhorn. The forest service has work ahead of them to reopen the road......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

NEZ ONE SK: etch bath can be used in plastic mops...

in response to: Snatch by Peter

ATAC: etch is the shit, its all about ups and how long you have them rocking for othe fuckers to see. etch is just another way of getting up. just like stencils, wheat paste, and posters...

in response to: Snatch by Peter

adam: venice was pretty sketchy up until a few years ago. its still not totally cleaned up tho...

in response to: Venice Beach by adam

Reign Oner: Glass etching cream, yes...

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Peter: im assuming you have etch *cream*? if you thin it enough to get it to flow, itll be too weak to actually etch anything. google "etch fluid" and get some of that....

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Reign Oner: yo, if you got Armour etch, how do you thin it out so it'll come through a fabric nib?...

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Jamie: Yeah, well obviously i can't condone trespassing on British Rail property. It ##is## dangerous. Don't do it kids. But this particular stretch of track has very wide 'sidings' if that's the right term. Gravelled areas......

in response to: followup graffiti hunt by Jamie

CE: I'm currently in Sussex for the next few hours and have been here for a couple days. There are more murals since I was last here and I still stand by my opinion that......

in response to: Downtown Murals by CE

ScetcH--->BCS: Yo dr.sex ur the fuckin mann ima do some shyt like that too cuz ima tagger in bayonne.mad props cuz that takes madd ballz kid ...

in response to: Dr. Sex Graffiti by Legalize Life

dougieESQ: there is no east williamsburg...it is bushwick. If you haven't lived in NYC before you will find Coney Island to be sketch unless you are riding the Cyclone. Also, if you are a Brooklyn newbie......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

upfromflames: I was a little disappointed at your original presumption that the mysterious empty spaces in Newark once held decayed housing full of junkies. Actually, some of them used to contain thriving neighborhoods, some Italian white,......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

zinzee: For those of you looking to move here: I live in Bushwick off of the Jefferson L. I'm one block from the L train. I really do enjoy the neighborhood. I did get......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Halley: great shot. She looks like she has an open wound on her left leg? Women's work is always hard in the kitchen fetchin all that food for the boy's (giggle giggle)...

in response to: Lionesses Lazing in the Shade by Guy McLaren

Anonymous - 36: Great !! If someone ever asks me the what was the best time of my life - without a doubt it was 13-16, great memories to last a lifetime. My 9 year old daughter can't......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

BDweller: "The Bushwick Initiative...Who is this for?" Boy, you are some busybody, upfromflames. Digging, poking, photographing and posting; then posing provocative questions. I'll take your bait. The city's official response to the steady influx of Latinos and blacks......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

wise one tna wc from montreal: yo the olny problem with etching cream its that if you toch it you burn yourself hardly and you need to find a metal mop or metal marker PS tyler are you sure it works......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

upfromflames: Ms. Walthers: One question I have about this long and interesting history is how the process by which Bushwick grew from Bushwick Corners (Metropolitan and Bushwick) into its current grid stretching far to the SE.......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

NEWK RoK: Dude i been using etch with my crew nd we just use etch bath it rocks on the window,nd i live in new york my boy got a few etch tags on the 7 train,and......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

amnda fouracre: do you remember julie anderson at number thiteen ,,and karen and marie cunningham that lived at number three,where you with us when the jarvis's went on holiday and we snooped around their house after finding......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Dave: [[img:17931]] The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal resulted in the need to replace the famous stone aqueduct at Barton, which had been constructed as part of the Bridgewater Canal in the eighteenth century. The old......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Peter: in all my years in nyc, ive encountered but one subway sketcher. that leads me to think it could be the same guy you encountered, mike. 96th... im thinking we were on the same line.........

in response to: Getting Off: by Peter

curious: Anyone know how to make those etch markers? Do you have to mix the stuff with anything or its just straight up armor etch?...

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Mike: Peter, I just had my portrait sketched in 2 stops last friday. I'm wondering if it was the same guy. Not the same M.O. but then it's 3 years later. My guy was a light skinned black dude.......

in response to: Getting Off: by Peter

writer: he got bagged for some dumb out in santa fe. he killed a half mile stretch of the hihgway near camel rock. [[http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/38234.html]]...

in response to: Dr. Sex Graffiti by Legalize Life

colavitos ghost: carrie: i'm intrigued by the specificity of your knowledge of the west side. i feel like i must know you! perhaps "carrie" is a pseudonym? as to your question--and a good one it......

in response to: The Streets of Ohio City by little ukraine

Tiny: I've personally known etch my whole life. And I have to say, he's done some fine ass work. ...

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

anon (c-75-72-222-226.hsd1.mn.comcast.net): borge. lefsa is big here in Minnesota, lot of history of scandinavians here, yaaa you betchya,,,,...

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

little ukraine: This building dates to the Civil War, does it not? Or is that the other Brooklyn Armory? Also, I believe this is the one you see from the LIRR train just before it......

in response to: Armory by Peter

Rowe: (somebody that has a painted train) as if aroe bites euro writers he one of the founder of euro style. go away and sketch to you get oldenuff to do a train....

in response to: Graf Trainz 3: South-East London: Aroe by Jamie

Trece: yo! wats up metro i'm reppin KD OTB out here in Puerto Rico.......nice sketch......... ...

in response to: Kings Destroy by METRO1:KD OTB

FauxReal: I know a few graff kids that do some good stuff, but it's hard to get up when the cops are so hard on it. I've noticed a lot of nice stencils and posters in......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

autumn: Racoons do growl, they growl at me in my own home, but betcha it was the animal the racoon wounded that was yelping...Mycat door is forever boarded up and sadly, I will never put food......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Love it! More complete than any of my collections, too! But I would have crossed the border and used the American interstates. The stretch of the Trans-Canada from Ottawa to the Manitoba border is **murder**!......

in response to: Canadian Signs - East To West by ksedge

colavitos ghost: well, euclid avenue's not in wonderful shape right now. however, things are looking significantly better than they were five years ago. good stuff: 1)the rta is redesigning the roadway itself to improve public......

in response to: Rant by procyon

LAX: That would be hilarious if he was Jonathan Avildsen.. That would mean he was in Karate Kid as Snake and in a Rocky movie.. I think JA is a worthless. He's added nothing more......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Krown: Those Etch Pieces are fucking siiiickk!!! one love....

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Thank you Evil G for your insight. I would love to visit a reservation and meet the artists who make the art. I make jewelry and paint pottery and I like to see the people......

in response to: Fast Cash by joey

rinn: It is simply astounding. It shows how far human acheivement can stretch, with a little help of 'faith'. faith as small as a mustard seed can move a mountain, and Don Justo is a living......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

aer suzuki: "Public Transportation is a good thing for Toronto. Lots of slate sky, concrete, asphalt, brick and steel...they took paradise and made a concrete jungle for sure." Ok. Maybe Toronto's different but here in Seattle they used......

in response to: Urban Decay by Chris Fuerth

jrizzle: *etching*...

in response to: Queens Graffitti by Frank Chang

jrizzle: i love graffitti but that etchuing shit has to become extincted its just a form of destruction i have no respect for etchers...

in response to: Queens Graffitti by Frank Chang

Peter: ive driven that exact same stretch of road before. nice......

in response to: One Afternoon on 80 by joey

Peter: me too; one of my favs, actually. in their last game, team Ketchup put their front-man, Salt-Shaker, on offense against Greasy's star, Onion Ring. After that, their all star defender, Beer, went in for the......

in response to: Team Greasy by CE

Bezink: Personally, this is a great addition to that area. I would love to see the downtown core rejuvenated. It's far better than the mess they are making at the top of the hill. ......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

EvilGentleman: I just **love** the way you put that. I now have this mental image of a couple of thirtysomethings lurking around a corner, wearing holster belts equipped with etching tools, long extension sticks clutched in......

in response to: Indelible Sidewalk Art by EvilGentleman

jack: the last time i streched i knocked down a wall. but it is good to stretch. i stretch my legs every morning when i get out of bed, by letting my feet hit......

in response to: The Importance of Stretching by ksedge

yea ok: Keis people like you pretty much just need to ignore it ,graffiti is for other writers its for them they don't care if the fact you don't like it or the fact you can't read......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

EvilGentleman: That area is pretty diverse and while not entirely crime-free, it does not have a bad name by any stretch of the imagination. All in all, a pretty safe area, I would say. Vanier college......

in response to: Mystery Apartment by CE

EvilGentleman: LMAO, there I was, scratching my head, thinking "Ok, I've heard of NORAD's DEW Line in the Arctic, NORAD's Mid-Canada Line that stretched across the boreal forests of Canada's middle, but what the heck is......

in response to: Home Pt. 3: Norad\'s/Red Line by CE

EvilGentleman: LOL, jack. You just reminded me of the Monty Python dead parrot sketch. When the owner tried to take advantage of the lifetime guarantee, it soon became apparent that the guarantee was over since the......

in response to: Royal Video Exchange, Pt. 2 by Peter

SPA ONE: teh second to ast pic is a great writer snatch you can see his etch tags on trains all wyas on point and always big full arm length tip pieces like that... ...

in response to: 125 bowery, room 11 by vz

EvilGentleman: I betcha a kwaatah that she shall revert to that accursed blutty Americun English before her next cawfee, mite. But some there people prefer that there English used in the Encyclopędia Britannica, y'all. How's DAT......

in response to: Overkill Signage by Peter

elaine: my yankophilia only stretches to pronunciation and actual words. there is no point in asking where the nearest laundrette is or for tom-ah-toes in america. i am old timey enough to insist on english spellings......

in response to: Overkill Signage by Peter

Peter: another {etch} from the {q train} yesterday: [[img:12432]] sorry for the shitty {cameraphone} zoom quality... ...

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

EvilGentleman: As far as I can recall from my weather observer training, ACSL (altocumulus staing lenticular) are the result of high winds aloft, and can be formed by wind passing over mountains, but they can be......

in response to: Mt. Rainier & Lenticular Clouds by aer suzuki

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: EvilG, your potholes made me think of the Monty Python sketch about how bad things were. I had remembered that there was a bit about the hardship of living in a hole in the middle......

in response to: Potholes by EvilGentleman

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