Expanding into some new materials/techniques …got a really great result on the EO bottles using the settings tested and shared in the Beyond the Manual section, so thanks you guys! That was painless!
(And now I can ditch the lousy printed labels and tape, which tend to fall off when the oil hits them.)
Nice! I’d imagine the engraving show up better on amber than it would on clear. Or you could mask before etching then hit it with gold metallic paint! Which I guess defeats the purpose of being easier than labels…
Just finished another little run on the test bottle. Hitting it with a second pass at 1000/50 just for grins gives a much more visible white look to the engrave…much more uniform.
BUT…and there’s always a caveat - it makes the engrave more prone to flaking off, and those little grains are glass. Not something I’d want appearing in my food in any case, so I think I will regretfully rethink the engraved spice bottles.
If you open your mouth outside in the wind, I bet you get stuff just as bad as glass in your mouth. I’m not concerned about the minut amount of very small particles…lol #livedangerously
I brushed my hand over it and wound up having to pick bottle bits out of my hand.
I’m all for cool, but there’s gotta be a better way. At least for us klutzy types. (What are you using for your Relax recipe? Lavender and frankincense?)