Glowforge Quickie | Leatherette Patch | Glowforge Project | Laser

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I played with some leatherette patches this afternoon and make a quick video to show the process.

Please make sure you are using Laser Safe Leatherette patches, as not all leatherette is laserable.

Might tweak the settings a bit more, but as you can see the right settings make a big difference.

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Can’t help but ask…is that ‘leatherette’ laser safe? Sometimes that kind of material has PVC in it.

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I know these are safe as they were bought from Inkwell specifically for laser.

I’m looking at how to put a warning on the video now to make sure you’ve bought laser safe leatherette patches.

Thanks for the heads up!

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…by any chance do you know settings for the blue to silver? Or general setting tips for lighter or darker laserable leatherette? I have leatherette sheet from jds. Your patch looks great!

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I’m not sure you can adjust to go lighter or darker as you are basically lasering off the top layer and showing the middle layer.

I did find, as shown in the video, that using too high of an LPI meant that I took too much off and went through the silver layer so it didn’t look good at all.

Try 500 Speed and 7 power with 225 LPI on that Blue to Silver and see how that works.

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Ok, thank you very much.