Some cube farms are better than others. This is my latest addition
It’s 1/4 inch MDF, spay painted in layers of white then black. followed up by a rainbow of different colors (and a secret ingredient).
Once the paint is dry, I laser engrave away the top coats of paint. I ended up taking a lot of the black with it, but I really like it.
Throw in a little glue and some corner braces…
Oh, the secret ingredient? I glow in the dark.
Putting the glow in Glowforge
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arh2
May 19, 2021, 2:42am
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Awesome effect! Definitely mind blowing…
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That is incredibly cool. The work you put in really shines through in the finished product.
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If you open it will these guys appear?
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Very cool rabbit hole you have found there, the multicoat, multicolor method. Engraving through the glow paint was an epiphany, right?
You’re gonna have to cough up a link for that paint man, and… what was in those brownies? Are they gone?
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Fantastic idea and execution! Love that glow in the dark!
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cynd11
May 19, 2021, 10:17am
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Oh wow. What an innovative series of treatments! Have you tried it on other substrates?
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rvogt
May 19, 2021, 11:39am
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This looks awesome! Great job!
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shogun
May 19, 2021, 1:03pm
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Oh no @robermar36 … that would be this little lovely I did in acrylic on CNC a couple years ago…
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shogun
May 19, 2021, 1:31pm
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@PrintToLaser The paint I use is a rustolium spray paint which you can usually get from Home Depot or Walmart, as well as Amazon:
Amazon also carries a bunch of brush on acrylic glow in the dark paints. The glowy bits tend to show brush lines, which can be cool, but the spray is a more consistent coat. The one’s I like dry clear, which makes the glow a nice surprise.
The brownies are a secret family recipe.
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shogun
May 19, 2021, 1:40pm
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@ cynd11 This came out of my canvas stuff.
This one is going over in the Land of Sorcery so I can be a bit more specific. If you have not yet, take a look at the posts for “Samurai Sunrise” and “More Experiments With Canvas” to see what I am babbling about.
The basics are this: I start with a basic 8 by 10 canvas and go to town on it with some spray paint of various colors. If I want the finished image to have brighter colors, I throw two coats of clear over that when it’s dry, and let that sit overnight. If you want a more pastel color…
and the fractal boxes:
Working on a series of boxes in quarter and eighth inch plywood. These use small finger joints on the side and a layered top and bottom. The boxes are dye with Folk Arts Ultra Dye and then layed out in a cross shape (like the purple box below) so the fractal patterned can be lasered on the box.
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The fractal shapes are from the free iOS program Frax. This gives me a nice variety of patterns to choose from. Clockwise from the top Swirls (Red), Coral (Purple) and Ocean (blue).
Once you…
Those are the things I have tried so far.
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cynd11
May 19, 2021, 2:16pm
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There’s always tile and leather. Go to town!
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@dan , this one’s a winner !
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ptodd
May 19, 2021, 6:05pm
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Cool!
The grandkids love glow-in-the-dark. May have to add to their next item.
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RyanD
May 20, 2021, 1:45pm
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This cube was great before it started glowing in the dark! Very cool design!
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