Ive seen a few folks on the laser FB page do stuff like this…I thought I would give it a try…
Found an appropriate greyscale image and fashioned a frame for it… Printed it out for transfer like in the technique below using inkjet and slick side of sticker paper.
Then painted in a few spots with thinned down acrylic paint…
Sprayed around 10 thin coats of Minwax laquer.
Lined it up on the bed…using red dot pointer which consists of back and forth from laser to computer making small adjustments.
GlowForge will make this process way easier !!
Then etched my design
Used an alcohol and pigment slurry to “stain”
Then wiped off the excess with alcohol soaked pads. When I got to this part I did squee because I wasnt sure how it would come out…lol
Not perfect…a bit rustic…I probably could have done a few more layers of lacquer to prevent seeping but all in all, I’m quite pleased…
Next project…comic book covers would look great with this technique…
that came out leagues better than i was expecting in the beginning, i’ll be honest, haha. i agree that comic book covers could potentially look really neat with this technique.
My original had alot of greyscale I had to filter out into more black and white since different levels of engraving would still show the same color fill.
I used a dither instead of halftone but either one would work…
Honestly…thats way too many steps for what I’m using it for. It took me about a minute to print and transfer onto the wood…lol. It all gets etched over anyway…
squee because I wasnt sure how it would come out…lol
