So, started with a couple mirror candle stands from the dollar store. (I can’t go there now without seeing everywhere.) I masked with wet paper towel. I’m still dialing this in as my first print, the towel dried out too fast under laser and air assist (don’t wring it out). The second was too wet or at bad settings.
The laser tube is something to watch during engraves, almost hypnotic.
Engraving a mirror gives some interesting visual effects when the laser hits the glass. The spot where the laser hits also gets quite bright.
Mirrors take a while because of the slower speed required to make a good mark.
Pretty impressive.
18 months ago I resigned myself to expect no results with glass and even worse with mirrors.
“Just don’t even try” was the impression.
I have had good results on glass, and your mirror looks great.
This is a clear unadvertised bonus, reflecting a great addition of capabilities.
According to the sciences(and no one has countered), the Glass is opaque to this wavelength of infrared. It gets absorbed like wood or acrylics instead of reflected.
Edited to move the comparison so as to be less confusing.
It will if their lasers are in the visible light spectrum or near IR but not far IR from a CO2 laser. The wavelength is more than 10 times greater than visible light and it behaves very differently.
All settings information for non-Proofgrade material has to be kept in the Beyond the Manual section for legal reasons. If you want to find out settings people have used for example “mirror” , use the search button along with the word “settings” to see the various settings people have used…
everywhere.) I masked with wet paper towel. I’m still dialing this in as my first print, the towel dried out too fast under laser and air assist (don’t wring it out). The second was too wet or at bad settings.
