I guess I need to get some of these tiles. That looks fabulous.
Nice pick for the image and great result. 
They come & go at my Lowe’s. So I usually look at the other Lowe’s stores I might be in (there are 3 relatively near me, but one is twice as close as the other two).
Great work! I’ve had some for a while but the 
was out of commission. Just got my refurb so this needs to go on the list.
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Looks great, I need to try this.
You didn’t mention using paint in the engrave? Did you do anything like that? The image looks nice and contrasty.
We walked the bridge and by the time we got back the “warming hut” was closing. We had 5 minutes to take a look. I really liked the national park posters.
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What a nice turn out.
Looks amazing!!! Thanks for sharing! 
Here was on the green glass tile. Same problem as before. The details do not make through the backing. I get too excited seeing how well the back looks and pick it up. I need to try a second pass.
Front
Back
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So cool!! Yet another substrate to add to the list!
That is really cool I’m going to try that this weekend!
So, I was in my local Lowe’s for another reason, and spoke to the flooring guy. They had 115 of these tiles, on the loading dock to be returned to the manufacturer, discontinued. I told him I would take them all, got a 90% discount, plus my military/veteran discount on top of that.
My experiment on the first one was that once it sublimates (or whatever it is doing) there is a limit to how dark it will go on the front. I did one pass that still looked kinda greyish from the front, so I slowed it down. Second pass, didn’t change the appearance, at least not that I could tell. It has been a while since I had my eyes calibrated.
However, I am stoked to make more of these things! Thank you for throwing this out there for us. Great Inspiration!
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Congrats on getting a great deal!
I think with this material, we need to go in the other direction. Less power and faster.
I need to get more to test.
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Did you do any masking?
None. It comes with some coating that I can’t laser off. It just darkens like photographic paper.
Did you figure out the settings to make the picture more clear on the front? I love the San Francisco bridge tile.
I haven’t, but I was going to start off with these suggested settings.
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This is beautiful! Did you Mask over the paint or would masking reduce the coating reaction to create the effect?
These glass tiles seem to have their own coating. I tried fingernail polish remover and it had no effect. I think it is best just to leave it as is. I would treat it like a black and white negative. Convert your artwork to halftone and laser it.