Using Powder Coating with the glowforge

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Anyone else experimented with using powder coating with the glowforge laser. Its very popular with other lasers however I have not seen anyone using a glowforge. I am unable to determine the settings to allow the power to melt without burning is why :frowning:

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If you use the search function, you’ll find dozens of existing discussions about using powder coating materials.

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You can certainly engrave powder coated items with the Glowforge and many have posted about it. Here is one such thread: Zippo engraving (with jig export file)

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I think they are looking to set the powder-coat with the laser, not engrave previously powder-coated items.

I could be wrong, though…

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I think you are right. The post should read “powder” to melt rather than power.

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Is this helpful? Powder-Coat-Filled Engraves

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Thank you!!

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I think it would be cool to set powder-coating onto an object in the desired pattern, rather than reverse-engraving a design into a previously powder-coated surface.

If I had access to small quantities of material, I’d love to experiment…

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That sounds like exactly what I did in the post @dklgood shared above.

This person will sell you a sample pack:

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I’ve done both. Engraving a powder coated object seems to work better.

Setting powder coat with laser
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuzFnDPFowh/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Engraving layers of powder coat
https://www.instagram.com/p/BivJEtnnljw/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

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