Sorry, I was asking beerfaced.
That castle, is it a real structure? It looks a lot like a fantasy! Do you plan to frame or display it?
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The castle is Hogwarts.
The Popeye is a special effects creation by Rick Baker that I think people refer to as a Real Life Popeye if you want to look it up.
That image on that tile is spectacular.
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Iād say you would be thinking about this for an avatar. Arg!
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Iām just trying to understand this a little more. Does the paint fuse to the tile and get darkened? It doesnāt actually chip the surface of the tile?
If not, thatās awesome. That means I donāt need to find tile with a dark core if I donāt want to ink it after, and donāt need to reseal the surface if it will get used as anything other than decoration.
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The tile still feels the same after as it did before. I think something in the paint is fused to the tile. You really have to try it. The results are mind blowing if you can get a good graphic.
Hereās a couple I did for a friend:
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I plan on displaying it for my wife. Havenāt figured out if it will be framed or not yet. I tried the other method with the paint and it turned out terribly. Itās hard to see and itās super light.
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If this is the pic using white paint have you cleaned it with paint thinner yet? If so maybe you needed more power to get it darker?
I used full power and this is after it was cleaned. I am by no means giving up. I have a different pic I will try soon. Are there any other tips you can think of?
I had one which came out quite light similar to that pic you posted. I think it was because I had painted the white on about a month before I lasered it. When it came time to wipe the paint off with paint thinner nothing came off on the rag and the results were not acceptable.
I canāt recall now the settings I used either so next time may be a hit or a miss. Iām thinking high power and fairly slow speed on freshly dried paint. Also from what Iāve read it must be flat white spray paint. I used Rustoleum from Home Depot.
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Thank you. I am absolutely going to try this!
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Excellent. Post pics!
Will do.
Have you tried colors other than white? Does that cause issues? Not sure if I have flat white, but I might have other colors.
Actually I did try red I think and no it didnāt work at all. Now, Iām not saying no other colour will work, but I havenāt tried any others myself. It wonāt hurt the machine if you feel like running some tests on what you have around. There may be something in the flat white that other paints donāt have. Someone mentioned on here it may be the titanium in the white pigment but I have no idea. I keep hoping someone with a chemistry background will look into this and let us all know.
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That was my thought as well. Something about the white pigment. I have a BUNCH of little 1"x1" tiles, Iāll play with those and see what works. 
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Yeah great idea.
When you do this with the paint, are you using vary power or the convert to dots? Iām just imagining that you have to really make sure your whites are white with vary power so it doesnāt laser everything.
I left it on convert to dots.
I actually just looked back and the power was quite low. Iāll post over in beyond the manual if anyone is interested.
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I have resisted the temptation to squeeze you for the settings. 