Made this playing around with the Glowforge. Ceramic tile 12x12 off white. I engraved at full power then colored the whole tile with black alcohol ink markers. After a good wash, this was the result.
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Welcome to the forum.
This is a very nice engrave. I look forward to seeing your other projects.
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Looks great
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Thank you! I appreciate that!
Thanks! I look forward to learning more about the Glowforge!
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I really love this. So I guess I’m going to have to try tile after the holidays. Thanks for showing us.
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Have you tried the Norton white tile method yet? This picture might be a good candidate for that.
BTW how long did a 12 x 12 tile take anyway?
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It took just over 1 hour. I don’t know what the Norton method is
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White porcelain tile sprayed with flat white paint from your local hardware store. After lasering it is scrubbed off with paint thinner and voila. The image is scratch free.
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Is that the tile, or the image you engraved?
I would like to understand what the paint is for… 
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Very nice piece of art!
I don’t know how it works but that is what the image looks like after the process. That was a glossy white tile from Home Depot that I spray painted 2 coats of flat white on. Then laser and clean. You can’t scratch the dark areas even with a metal scraper.
Here is another one I did
I rest my porcelain coffee cup on that every day.
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Thanks! those results are killer!
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Yeah I like that pic the best.
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Fantastic—-looks like a Romanian Castle.
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I will absolutely try that technique! It looks amazing!!
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Do you have a picture of the tile it’s engraved on? I’m gonna have to explore this technique.
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Interesting technique! Are you converting to dots or varying power?
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Sorry no. I just used up the last blank tile I had a few days ago. I bought them at Home Depot however. They come in units of 9 I think. They are the perfect size for coasters.
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