Yeah bare steel and glass will hold on to the material I want to transfer too tightly. The sticker material is actually a glass etching mask and it sticks to glass like crazy.
In normal use, you put the mask on and engrave away the unwanted parts, like with that Laser Foil. Then, you sandblast. But that way you are limited to items that fit into the machine, and that have a flat surface.
I’m working on this transfer process because I want the benefits of a highly detailed mask (with no weeding) on larger and curved items, like beer mugs.
Original thread with lazermask settings:
Followup thread where I started the transfer method:
It’s a promising technique but a more forgiving backing board would make it much much better.