Painted surfaces

[mckinley5317]

Can you paint a board first and then use the forge to make your sign?

[jbmanning5]

I’ve done acrylic paints with no problem.

[mckinley5317]

That is good to know.

[HerbsTea]

@kittski did a really nifty example of engraving after painting with acrylic.

ULTRAMAN to the rescue (painted halftone engraving)

My first attempt at painting and engraving a larger piece. I screwed up when it was finished and used alcohol to clean up some soot. I was on automatic just doing my normal routine and didn’t even think about the paint. Some of it smeared a bit and it’s not as vibrant as it was. Silly me Oh well, it was a test run and I have a few adjustments to make anyway. One of them is to use masking next time and to bring down the dot density in the dark areas. The engraving got to mud…

[mckinley5317]

Wow that turned out great. Thank you.

[brokendrum]

@mckinley5317

Can you paint a board first

Works well painting the acrylic and leather materials also.

I played with this a little and was happy with the results. Actually worked like a poor man’s two color. The paint did not etch totally away in segments and gave more depth to the end result than just a scoring//engrave would have

Be a wild one. Paint a little before, during, and after. (just joking but nothing stopping you either).

[jbv]

This was a BB ply blank, spray-painted white, allowed to dry, masked, engraved, sprayed with color/speckle/drips, un masked (weeded), and finally sprayed with clear matte krylon.

Art credit to Dean Norman (used with permission; he’s a client)

[mckinley5317]

That looks great.

[mckinley5317]

Thank you, that looks great.