Fun coaster designs! Some coasters I purchased from Michaels and found they looked better when I stained them first. Others we cut with our CNC machine.
I was originally masking each coaster at first, then tried without it. After seeing a post in a FB group, I tried unmasking and wiping off the after burn using baby wipes. It worked like a charm! These were our best sellers and most popular gifts this Christmas.
Can I ask how you get those deep engravings so clean? Mine are dark black with soot at the bottom and when I try to clean them up it stains the wood around the engraving slightly. Your stuff looks really awesome!
Thank you! It was a bit of trial and error on setup, engraving, etc. I stain them first, then went a little lighter on the power so they didn’t engrave so deep. I read in another forum to use baby wipes for charring and it works! Using baby wipes takes the extra step out of masking first. If needed, I’ll use a toothbrush to get some soot out. You might get some leftover fuzz from the baby wipes, but you can pick it off. Hope that helps!
Your designs are awesome! I’m waiting for my glowforge to arrive. Can you tell me what settings you used for these? I got the exact ones from michaels today!
We can’t discuss non-proofgrade settings outside of Beyond the Manual, but you’ll probably find plenty of settings for similar materials there to get you started.