Made a tips and tricks video on the top 3 ways I know how to remove soot off of projects.
If you know more ways please let me know.
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It’s be great if you write out the basics of your methods so your post is searchable. That’s the tricky part about video posts, it’s hard to find.
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Love that idea.
Maybe something like this that is already created for the vid summary.
Achieve a flawless finish on all your laser engraving projects with these easy cleaning tips and tricks! In this video, I’ll show you the best techniques for removing burn marks, debris, and residue from materials like wood, acrylic, and more. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, these methods will ensure your laser engravings look clean and professional every time.
What You’ll Learn:
Best tools and techniques for cleaning laser engravings
How to remove burn marks from wood, acrylic, and more
Pro tips for a polished and professional finishChapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:20 - First Tool Sandpaper 0:56 - Cleaning with Isopropyl Alcohol 02:13 - Pro Tips for Preventing Burn Marks 03:04 - Bonus Other Material Cleanup Tips
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Salt scrub!
Great for cleaning sooty edges. When you have lots of small pieces, such as a chipboard jigsaw puzzle, you can put them in a sealed container with a cup or two of coarse salt. Shake vigorously for several minutes.
Empty it into a fryer basket and shake to separate the dirty salt from your nice clean pieces. Salt is reusable for several scrubbings.
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I use hand sanitizer as it is thicker and evaporates better. And by getting a paper towel damp on something flat (like a tile or glass) the paper will be flat and thus only work on the top of the piece. When doing a lot of engraving I take any masking off as variable engraving will only engrave the paper if light, make weeding much harder, and will make crud on the previously engraved area in any case.
Using sandpaper will of course remove clear coating also.
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I’ve never even heard of that! Interesting!
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Oh yeah it’s a great tip. First mentioned back in 2017, I think:
If you want to dig a bit deeper a search finds many more threads about the technique as well, including cases where it’s not a great solution. The forum is a gold mine!
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yep. I’ve read my share, don’t get me wrong, but i have not read every single post from every single year.
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lol
It wouid be kinda cool if I could read from the first post on. lol
I mean, I suppose I could. 
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I did that when I first joined the forum. It was a few months after the forum started so there were a fair number.
My OCD requires that I keep up now (I used to use @rpegg as a measure of my success while he was active).
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With 3,600 bookmarks you would seem to need a catalog or a catalog of a catalog to find the one you were looking for 
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that’s cool!
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Yeah, they’re not extraordinarily useful and it’s the max you’re allowed so I haven’t added any in years. Just use the search function (or Google the forum).
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Your screenshot is insightful. 
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You could easily become the first to make it to a million posts 
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“Only” 268K to go 
. Lot of life-minutes spent here.
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Actually, that is 168k to go, so much easier…
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I had wanted to get one year of visiting every day but I never make it, so I might have to give that one up and find another “goal.”
Btw just to clarify, there are two reasons I’m still to this day cracking up over that screenshot. One I won’t mention, it would be against rule #1 and the other is because of
Bleeping hilarious.
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