Cut/Engrave on acrylic paint

[trs]

I am wondering if anybody had tried this. I want to paint proofgrade wood before I cut and engrave it. I have “Master’s Touch” acrylics and am wondering if this would harm the machine or release some kind of bad chemicals. Has anybody cut and engraved on acrylic painted wood yet?

I looked through the forums and could not find this topic. Sorry if I missed it!

[Jules]

No, acrylics should be fine.

[geek2nurse]

Here’s a really nice example:

ULTRAMAN to the rescue (painted halftone engraving)

My first attempt at painting and engraving a larger piece. I screwed up when it was finished and used alcohol to clean up some soot. I was on automatic just doing my normal routine and didn’t even think about the paint. Some of it smeared a bit and it’s not as vibrant as it was. Silly me Oh well, it was a test run and I have a few adjustments to make anyway. One of them is to use masking next time and to bring down the dot density in the dark areas. The engraving got to mud…

[tdewitt274]

I’ve done acrylic paint on glass. The hard part was spreading the paint evenly. I have yet to find a good way to spread it on the pane.

[randy.cohen]

Spray paint it.

[kittski]

I do a lot of work with painted material and get good results. I stick with acrylic spray paint for the most part, but also use just regular acrylic paint brushed on. I can’t say either way if it’s a 100% safe, but in my research I’ve never found any red flags.