Powder Coating With Lasers..Kinda | A New Way To Fill Your Engraving With Vibrant Color
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this episode of Laser Engraving 911 I will show you a new and exciting way to color fill your engraving with powder coat paint! No masking required, no weeding, and easy clean up. In this video I'll take you through the whole process step by step, so you can start making your engravings pop with color powder power! 🤣Check the link below for all the juicy info!🤣
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Time Stamps:
00:42 What is traditional powder coating? Explained (roughly)
04:10 What does powder coating have to do with laser engraving.
04:50 Showing examples of what finished products look like.
07:53 How to apply the powder coating paint to your engraving.
16:32 Helpful Tips Do's and Don'ts and What Materials Work and Don't Work.
18:30 Watching the process of the GOT box being made (narrated)
21:31 Close up view of the GOT box after completion.
22:13 Time-lapse of the sample board, all colors being heat set at once (narrated)
22:39 Close up look at the sample board.
23:31 Wrap Up and After Thoughts.
25:03 Where to get a sample pack of all these colors to try out!
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❤Laser Setting I Used In This Video❤
My Machine: Epilog M2 Fusion 120watts
Wood Engraving: 90speed / 60% Power/ 400dpi
Powder Coat Melt Pass: 90speed / 13% Power / 400dpi
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The Alton Brown of lasers 😀
Love the addition of the science behind how things work. In the middle if a bing!
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Make sure you are wearing a respirator! The dust is so fine and the fumes of the melting plastic are highly toxic.
but not many will listen to that type of warning, even when this guy even says at start he is not a expert.. too bad he showing to use laser when theres a easier way
@@kenthomas4479He's showing what people can do with a laser that people already have. How else would you do this without paint using a laser cutter? Without using a blowtorch and sanding
Awesome idea! Make sure to "turn off the air assist" before you run it, or the powder will go flying!
Best thing ive seen in lasers for ages
Awesome
Your drawing of the powder coat paint-gun made me laugh so hard I almost fell of my chair!! 😀 very funny, but the idea is awesome! Will definitely use this idea somewhere...
Ahhh Thanks!
So I tried your technique with a 5.5 W diode laser and embossing powder for paper crafts and it worked too😊 thank you for the inspiration to give it a try
Your Welcome!!
Would you share the settings you used with your 5.5 Watt diode laser? I have a 5.5 watt diode laser also and it would give me a nice starting point. Thank you in advance!
@@djjohnny8149 Settings: 2.800 to 3.000 speed and 20% power. I‘ve tried different embossing powders and achieved the best results with crafts & co powder. Just make sure to clean the laser afterwards🙂
Do you have a picture of your paper creation. I am curious to see the laser used on paper. Thanks!
@@cathymyers7831 No, sorry, I used the embossing powder (for paper crafts) on plywood, maybe it was unclear🙈
I have been trying a LIGHT application of Spray 77 (3M) adhesive, then sprinkle powder coat thru a stretched cotton filter media where I want the color. This is for images, have to be artistic! Working several images of Mandelbrot sequences and so far great results. Clean completed burn(s) w/ Mr Clean magic eraser and light water, then air compressor.
That's interesting!
Can’t wait to try this thank you!
Absolutely amazing, thanks for all the hard work in revealing this....Plenty of new options with this now. Incredible.
pretty good drawing for upside down!
This is truly impressive! I can’t wait to try this!
Awesome video. Can't wait to try this at home!
This is absolutely the best engraving idea I have seen yet!! I am new to the engraving world and am also an Epilog user as well!! Thanks so much and look forward to more great info from you --- thank you :)))
Thanks you for your support and kind words, hope you have fun with this method!!
as a former powder coater this is one of the best descriptions of powder coating iv seen and for temp its normally around 400 and for 20 mins
Im Flattered! Thanks! 😁
This is great! Exactly what I was looking for.
Heck yeah! That’s really cool. We will definitely try this
I watched this video then bought some small jars of powder paint. Just finished my first trial. It came out great. I did 2 coats and it filled nicely. Although 1 coat was good, 2 coats covered the wood grain better. I'll be trying a multi-color design next. Thanks for the video!
That's awesome!
Steve, where did you buy the small jars of powder paint? Thank you!
Being a former printer for 30 years, I been looking for something I can do on my own that I could be good at. This could be it, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Best Wishes, Tim
Thanks Tim!
If it’s on wood, all you have to do to get bright, vivid colors or anything like that is easy epoxy quickset like people do the one hour version color whatever colors you want different cups pour into the engraving clear the top off or you can send it afterwards it’ll be the same thing
This is amazing. Thanks for sharing!!!
Wow! This is such a great idea. Can’t wait to try it out. Thanks for sharing.
This channel is growing because of your innovation. I have been researching lasers and was looking to find a way to make leather patches with color. So hopefully this will work on leather. If so then I'm all in!
Thank You for the support, I did mention I tried it on leather and my results where not that spectacular, but maybe you can keep tinkering with this process as a starting point and get it the way you want. Good Luck.!
@@LaserEngraving911 I'm going to try creating a leather emboss/deboss die, stamping the leather with a press, filling the debossed area with powder coat and then trying a melt run with the laser. Could export the die file as SVG and then invert it for the color melt.
Have you tried using the "print and cut" option in lightburn? Would allow taking project out of laser, apply powder and then returning to laser. I have an xTool D1 and will attempt this process. As previously noted could be an issue with the fan in the laser head. Will see. Thanks though, like the process.
This is a game changer! Thanks for this!
Game changer. Truly thank you!
This is really a fantastic idea. Much like Tim below, I'm a former screen printer of 20+ years, and screen printing is an area where you have to improvize with materials and inks, invent jigs for different objects etc. Still, although I've bought a number of powder coat paints and the gun you described accurately enough, and that I do have a K40 laser, I never thought of trying this, and I can't wait to try it. I'm really happy I stumbled upon your clip, thanks! I liked it and subscribed, don't want to miss the next idea:)
Awesome!
Very cool. I've been curious about the longevity of just this method. (application into wood). I've been mostly curious about different finishes and their interactions with the final "powder coat". I wonder if there would be any loss of adhesion with an oil finish vs a water based finish. IDK ... Perhaps a pull test? Haha. Keep up the great work man!
This amazing! Thank you for sharing your experiments and successes with us!
So very cool! Thank you also for talking about what DIDN'T work, namely leather. I was hoping you found a way to make that happen, but if YOU can't do it, I know i can't! 😂 I enjoyed this video!
You are so welcome!
I decided I wanted to build cribbage boards in my garage and have been trying to figure out a cool way to make colorful tracks. This video solidified my decision to buy a 10W diode laser which I just got all set up... Super excited to give this a go! Thank you!
Glad I could give you some ideas!
How did that diode work out for you? I ask because the diode lasers have a cooling fan that usually blows down into the subject you are lasering, so I am worried that the poweder will blow out of the engravings.
I wonder which settings are the best for 10W diode laser. My powder arrived today and I’ll give it a try tomorrow 😮
@@aleksanderchojan2128 let us know how it goes!
Ok guys, this method works with Creality 10W laser module. I made speed/ power test grid and it seems that the effect looks better on higher power/ higher speed. I guess it’s because of higher penetration
Awesome! Just tried a test piece and it worked great after a bit of trial. Going out to get some more colors tomorrow! Thanks so much for the video. And yes, like you said below - NO air. I normally have about 4psi on with air 'off' just to keep the lens clear but even that was enough to blow the powder away.
That's awesome, 👏👏
@@LaserEngraving911 Been playing with the technique all afternoon, just realized if you defocus the laser by a few millimeters, the powder coat looks much nicer. I only have jet black to play with right now but the defocused test looks much better than all my other ones.
@@johnsimpson99 That's awesome, always nice see see more innovations!
Doesn't it hurt the laser to turn air assist completely off? I have a Thunder and have read so much about the risks
@@colleenkidd956
With the powder coat, you’re not really engraving. Normally the air is to keep fine particles, smoke, and other debris out of the nozzle to keep it clean. Once you get to the powder coat, the laser power is meant to be so low, you’re not engraving, but just melting the powder paint. There shouldn’t be any debris whatsoever, so in this case it should be safe.
that comes out so good. love to see how well it comes out on acrylic
Great work! I was brainstorming this idea already but for metal. Good to know there has already been some success!
I'm jumping into engraving as hobby, maybe side business, and your sample pack is perfect for experimenting! It's on the way! Thanks for doing that. I used to run a graphics studio plus did screen print production for a while, and I'm looking forward to getting back into production.
Awesome!
Awesome idea. I cannot wait to try.
One question. Do you turn your air off when doing the powder part? Otherwise would the air flow blowe the powder out?
Thanks
You must turn off all air assist for this to work, there can be no fans of any kind blowing on the powder while engraving.
Nice! I think I'll try running job 1 to engrave recess as normal (with air assist on) and then run job 2 (same art) w/ color mapping in the Epilog driver turned ON: set with the 13%p/90s/400dpi (or equiv for your machine) and UNCHECK air assist... 💗🐰👍
Fantastic information, really like to try this technique, thank you
Absolutely amazing idea... 😃
That’s pretty amazing! I wonder if embossing powder would work as well?? It’s used for papercrafting usually and you use heat to melt it. Hmmm…might have to give it a try! Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Are you talking about gold and other metals. Like using leaf but more intense maybe. Be good to to hear results Cindy
@@prod7054 its a powder that you sprinkle on embossing ink and apply heat to melt it.
It comes in all different colors.
@@cindyrobinson2618 I was wondering the same thing. If you try it would you let me know if it works please ? 👍
Yes, it does work. I have been doing it with my diode laser for a couple of years - the hard part is finding the right settings via trial and error, different colors required different settings as well (at least for diode lasers)
Hey, cool technique. Thanks for sharing.
I've tried on leather before and works well, also on painted MDF.
Tip: You can apply the powder without the first engrave and the melting plastic bonds to the surface.
Cool, thanks
That was my question! Thanks so much
Like on acrylic ?
@@Patron77770 Works too, a bit smelly tho.
Thanks for sharing !
That was slick indeed
If you are concerned about movement, you could always take a queue from us CNC engravers and use some of that blue masking tape, CA glue and accelerator to make double sided tape. This way you'd have a simple hold down that won't get in the way and it easy to remove when you are done.
Yep, great idea as long as its easy to remove and clean up sounds great!
@@LaserEngraving911 You put one piece of blue tape down on your bed and one piece of blue tape on your material. The CA (super) glue you add a line our two on the tape you placed on the bed, away from the edges so it doesn't squeeze out. On the tape on your material you spray the activator. On most material the activator doesn't leave any residue but always test first. Then you line up your material over the tape on your bed and press down. The activator and CA glue react in a few seconds and bond together. It is surprisingly strong for just being masking tape. When you are done, a little force to pull away and the tape will let go off the bed or the material first and then you peel off the other. Most painter's and masking tapes leave little to no residue unlike other double sided tapes.
I second this hold down method. I use the tape hold down method for both cnc carving and laser engraving. I haven't tried the powder coat filling yet but it looks like it's a great option to doing epoxy inlays. Thanks for the idea. I wonder how cerakote would work. 🤔 that would open yet another possibility, perhaps even be the answer to filling metal since they have some that require low or not heat.
That is great. I experimented with this a few months ago and had some success with white tile. Your technique here should make this much easier and better. Oh, the powdered paint sticks very well to tile. I will try working with acrylic next. Thanks for the tips and instructions.
Nice one!
Very interested in knowing how this does on acrylic. I'm going through various infill techniques for acrylic a nd most of them just don't work that well.
Some require too much time/labour to get a good result.
@@kennuimuffins2426 This one works pretty good, I also like masking and using acrylic paint for filling acrylic, I have a video on that way too. Thanks!
Did you do it in two passes on the tile? Engrave the tile, put powder and re-engrave?
@@poshpol yes. But the second time around I greatly reduced the power and turned off the air assist.l, so ad to not blow the powder off the tile.
You are amazing!
Like the final look of the painted engraving. Your video was great!
Super idea! I'm waiting on my sample paint to arrive and I will be video taping the process. I will be using a 15W Diode laser so my results will be unique. I will post a link to it once it's done (successful or not).
I think alot of folks would love to know! if the diode laser works, if it does that's awesome!
I have the Atomstack x7 Pro, and I would think the cooling fan on to of the head might provide enough draft to give issues on blowing the powder out. Certainly worth a try though.
So I have an Ortur Master 2, 15W engraver. I've been 'experimenting' with the powder coating paint I bought from you...(I'm going to need to order more soon). I managed to find a perfect solution to the cooling fan 'issue', which I figured out from the start. I'm in the process of recording video of my process and I'll be providing a link back to this video so others can buy your paint samples and begin their journey into painting by powder. Once I get my videos done, I'll launch my TH-cam channel starting with this process. Thank you for sharing!
@@LightPleasures great! I'm sure all the folks who have diode lasers will be stoked!
@@LightPleasureshow did it go?
Thanks for a very informative video. Just asking, can you add glitter to the powder and whether you would see a sparkling effect?
Hmmm, as long as the laser power your using only melts the powder coat paint and doesn't burn the glitter it should work I would think. What a cool Idea!
they make additives for paint powder that have that effect...
Yes I am a powder coater in FL and have gotten a couple of signs custom made and tried something new that I added too the clear coat and worked great
Hello I was wondering since your not heating the paint will it eventually fall out or fade away down the line? I received a post from a gentleman who believes it’s gonna be messy in the end. Here is his message to me:
I do powder and ceramic coatings for a living and that video was honestly hard to watch. There’s virtually no way to get lasting results from this method (aside from luck) as the substrate has to reach the cure temperature of the powder to get a bond. All powders have a specific gel/cure temperature and there’s no way to regulate that with a laser.
Not trying to be a downer because you can get it to melt and look cool. Just want to advise folks to be careful selling projects like this because when an under or over cured powder fails, you will have some unhappy customers.
@@mattlikewise9431 I would say that even though your friend who sent you this has much more experience with coating metals , he does not have experience first hand with this process, and has not tried it himself most likely and is comparing the process for coating metals with this process, which is a different substrate, and used for a complete different purpose than coating metal parts, this process is a way to add long lasting color to your engrave on wood and acylic, not metal, and the things you will most likely color will not be used in the same way that powder coated metal items will be used, so the need to cure like you do on metal is mute. The melted paint stay in the engraving just fine for this purpose and does not flake out, or fade away like your fellow assumes. Unless you run your laser too hot and burn it up. Hope that helps answer your questions, and I hope you get a chance to try this method and see for your self what I mean. Good Luck!
This is Awesome 👍👍👍
Wow. Beautiful.
I assume you need to turn the air assist off to keep from blowing the powder around, have you had any issues with the focal lens after doing this? Just a bit worried that the fumes from the paint melting may deposit on the lens.
yes, def turn off the air assist for sure, and no issue with the fume getting on the lens, my exhaust system pull those back and away from the lens. 😎
@@LaserEngraving911 I tried to turn off my air assist in the layers section of lightburn and it still blows the powder coating out of the engraving. Any suggestions?
@@melissahumes4912 if you have a Mira you have to disconnect the air hose it constantly blows. Not sure what laser you have, but still not getting good results trying to melt the powder myself
I was about to ask that as well.
Awesome idea and great video!
Thank You!
Thanks a lot. A amazing job, a nice Idea, it helps me a lot.
This is awesome. I have powder coated for years and this is a great new use for this material. Thank you for the idea this rocks.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thank you very much for sharing your experiments and awesome results with this powder.
Wow! Really cool. Thanks!!
Glad you liked it!
I love this, can't wait to try it out!
Have fun!
I found this video very informative and interesting. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Impressive, nice idea, I may try this!
love it!♥ thanks!!!
No problem 😊
That is awesome! I'll be trying this very soon.
Do it! 👍👍
This an awsome and really sucessful experiment. Great result! Thank you for sharing 👍
Thanks for watching!
Very very interesting. Well explained. Thank you for sharing.
Love it, thankyou! subscribed !
Awesome Thanks!
Excellent.
This is GENIUS!!!😎😎
Why Thank You!
Stunning job! I'll give this more than a try once I get my new laser 👍
Great video, great new media technique!!!
Much appreciated!
This video shows how to engrave laser engraved etchings in vibrant color. I think I'll use black. You're a funny guy!
Thanks!
Most engravings are a dark brown, not black. Using the black powder makes it black.
AMAZING video!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Welcome!!
Very well done. Really impressed.❤
Thank you! Cheers!
Incredible! I can’t wait to try this. Thank you for sharing this technique and for such a well done video!
Thanks Ross!
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome technique! Thank you!
Glad you got some value!
Wow! Thank you! def must try
Its fun for sure!
GAME CHANGER! Thank you for sharing!
Welcome!
ahhh this is great,
Appreciate the thorough work 🙏
👌
@@LaserEngraving911 I got the supplies and tried it out and it was definitely more than worth it, thank you!
Definitely trying this!!! TY
Awesome!
Great idea, very innovative I will have to try this! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Wow great technique to try. Great work
Thank You for that, and your support!
This is Great!
nice glad you liked it!
How amazing tip, thank you for sharing 🥰
You are so welcome!
What a great idea!!!
Thanks A.J!
Great explanation!!!! Wish all instructional videos were this good and just subscribed!
Thank You!
Thank you for sharing this, this is so much better then painting with normal paint 😊
My pleasure 😊
Awesome !
Thank you! Cheers!
That looks great. I’ll have to try this.
Awesome! Have Fun!!
Color me impressed! 🤘
Brilliant !!
🐱👤😎 TY!
Wow, that looks amazing to me!!
Nice!
This is hands down one of the best videos that I've seen. Very innovative.
Thank for that, very motivating for me!
That is awesome!
Thank You!
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you for your videos
I bought a xtool s1 for the kids this will open their creativity can't wait for the delivery Jan 10th and upload videos of the kids using it
Cheers Dave
Solid, Im looking forward to trying that one out as well.
Great job !!!!!!!
Thank You!
Howdy pard' For the record I've watched a few of your videos and genuinely appreciate your 'brand' of sharing the information you do with us heathens. And you do a fine job of speaking in a non-condescending tone as well. Kudos for that. Your technique share in this video is one I've already brain-bashed a wee bit myself...you just did the precursor work for me and again, that is appreciated. As a now retired Architect/Engineer it is my curse to pick apart techniques. And the only critique I have of your methods are the physical contact with the project whilst drawing the "hard card" across the face of the piece. That is the only primary weakness in your methodology. You were obviously adept at doing so but it would be so easy for the piece to move ever so slightly. For me personally that's not an issue because I secure my pieces down using a woodworking technique I'm used to using but others should be wary of that ever so slight direct contact. It also appears that the colourization shrinks down below the surface (which is good) allowing for top coating the final piece. MANY thanks for taking the time to share this with the rest of us and confirm my theory at the same time....because of your efforts, I will be Subscribing!
Excellent feedback thanks!
Innovation is an amazing thing!
Most excellent video!
Thanks for that!
Well that is really cool ! I'm going to give this a try. Well done.
Get it!!
Hello from the UK, great video I will definitely give this a go