Picked up a few 6" ceramic floor tiles at the local big box store this morning to prototype a upcoming project. Honestly, I expected something along the lines of my slate engravings, so was a bit surprised when this emerged…
That’s a wonderful effect! (I was just thinking about doing something with tile this morning…need to see if I still have a couple of the leftovers from the floor rework somewhere upstairs.)
It looks like you are etching off some of the glaze and dye from the ceramic. The appearance of this kind of tile is all surface, after all. You’ve scraped beneath the surface.
I wouldn’t expect major issues, depending on what you were planning to do. This shouldn’t have taken enough to compromise the integrity of the tile, and ceramics are extremely resistant to heat. So long as it is totally smooth, it is probably just partly through the total glazing, burning off the cosmetic effects. If paranoid, there are tile sealers, usually just for the grout, that could be used on this. I especially wouldn’t worry about liquid unless you are worrying about staining.
This is a great transition to something I was coming here, to the forum, I had about 12 Travertine tiles left over from when they did my kitchen 3 years ago, and I had planned to use. I want a darker marking than what I could get with JUST etching produces, sort of like black. So I was planning on using Cermark for Tile and Glass on them first. This SHOULD produce what I am looking for. The black design on the Travertine surface. You spray the whole tile first, laser it, then rinse off the design.
I haven’t looked, but was wondering if there was a white Cermark and if anyone had tried it on any type of glass, or at least those that fit in the 2 inches of the GF?
Wow–great to know this exists. I can think of a lot of ways to play with this, layering different panes with different colors for instance. Bookmarked!
Love the tile. Just picked a bunch of extra tiles up from my family. Can’t wait to engrave them. The Tile/Glass Cermark looks promising. Thanks for sharing. I will have to test it out eventually when I get my
I think I will be doing a lot of what @jrnelson is talking about, (Masking, Engraving, then Painting).