I didn’t see anything that looked like black on silver which was what yours looked like), but did see silver on black, so maybe it’s just a matter of inverting your engrave? Kind of makes more sense that it would be silver with black marks.
Yeah, when I went there, I just saw the saddle collection in the banner. I too did not see the same black with silver lettering option. I kind of like the silver on black and a few of the others though.
Really well - no char. The browns in the same collection are a little thinner and flame a bit. There is no masking. I also experimented with laser foil on the item which worked fine.
Huh! Really interesting material. I’d seen their Saddle Collection link and just glanced past it, because I didn’t realize that it engraved to contrasting colors. Cool!
Probably a polyurethane covering over polyester fiber, or something similar. The vendor specifically states it’s safe for laser, so it wouldn’t be vinyl.
I called them up, they wouldn’t say what it is exactly, but they confirmed there is no PVC in it. it wouldn’t hurt to run the flame test anyways.
traditionally, fake leather IS soft pvc, so I would double check.
The nice thing about Johnson Plastics’ products is they have material information and tech tip pdf’s for everything, including recommended parameters for a few different wattage lasers. They make it super easy!
These settings are really useful, thank you! I tried them all on the JJPlus Leather Notebook. Found that the following worked best on engraving block letters and simple artwork: 425/10/270/no tape.