Gold Ti-Coated Knife

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I need help-
I have been trying to engrave on a meal gold ti-coated knife and the laser won’t even penetrate a single mark. I have tried all of the highest settings and even placing tape over the reflective surface.

Need some guidance please!

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Welcome to the community!
The glowforge won’t engrave metal, it’s not powerful enough.
It will remove anodizing, or “mark” metal by using a compound that will deposit a tough oxide layer on the metal.
I have no experience with it, but there have been discussions about Titanium. Search for it with the magnifying glass icon on the top right. :+1:

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Ok so the other knife blades that i have been able to engrave on is just the laser removing the oxide layer correct?

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Or some other kind of coating. Many metal objects have unknown coatings applied, and produce acceptable results.

As indicated, you can mark on various materials using coatings like Cermark or Lasermark.

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