I am making topo maps using the Topomiller data.
As always I am putting too much detail for the given sheet size.
I tried to paint the grooves using regular acrylic paint ( thinned with water ).
The sheet is white and the paint is black. It worked ok, but I wiped some of the paint out of the grooves and got a grey tone and soften some edges.
I found there is acrylic ink. I was thinking of pouring the ink onto the sheet and wiping it off.
Has anyone tried this ?
Thanks
Ok, I tried it. I reduced the number of contours to some point. These are 40m high cuts.
I used a 9" speedball squeegee ( I am going to cut it in half ). The cleaning process is elbow grease with the squeegee for the best fill and smooth surface removal.
I initially did not press the ink into the grooves enough and used up a lot of paper towels.
I had gray areas and hot spots.
I went back and touched up medium size areas and found the technique. A shorter squeegee is better, allows more pressure. I used a 65 durometer squeegee, the recommended is 70 to 75.
I will probably go there.
Not a lot of paper towels. Some damp wiping.
These are looking incredible Jim. If I didn’t have so many other things going on (and plenty in the todo), I’d jump on board. I suppose the benefit of getting to sit back and watch you work is that I don’t need to figure anything out myself when the time finally comes to make some 
Thanks again for sharing your process 
Your persistence has certainly paid off Jim. Nice job!!
Wow, the detail really turned out Great! Thanks for the tips, can’t wait to try it!
