Engraving Ceramic Tile

LightBurn Software Questions
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Hi everyone ! I was trying to do engraving on Ceramic Tiles using Northern method. Tile is sprayed with 3 thin layers of Matt White, and setting on LightBurn software are :

Negative Image :  Off
Invert :  Off
Speed 1800 mm/min,  Laser Power 90%.

The end result was engraving may look OK but after cleaning the tile with AceTone chemical the picture fade and is not 100%. Neje A40640 is high power and should do the job, but result is not 100%. What have I done wrong.

Northern method, is preferred, I will also try to do engraving using Darkly method.

Appreciate your advice please. Thank you.

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There are different methods for the NT work.

Generally what happens is there isn’t enough ‘heat’ heat generated for the TiO2 to melt/bond to the tile.

I do this, but I buy the powdered TiO2, mix with water and air brush on the tile. I’ve also used LBT100, which is a spray coating that is very similar for co2 lasers.

I’ve found that the proper thickness of the coating is critical along with speed/power to make it useful.

30mm/s seems rather fast to me… might try slowing down a bit.

Hang around, there is some excellent work here done with that method… Might wish to look in the ‘Finished Creations’ for some examples…

Good luck

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John, check this thread out.

Also here.

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