Borax Method Laser Engraving - How To Full Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 5 мар 2024
- This video goes through my process on laser engraving with the borax method for darker engravings with great detail. If you have any questions, please leave a comment or reach out to me on laser engraving Facebook groups. I create high-quality images that you may see on the Facebook groups (This deer picture and much more), and they can be found on my Etsy shop (link below). Be sure to follow the shop to get alerts for when new images are added. I hope you enjoyed this video and hope it enhances your laser engraving abilities.
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Thank you for showing how the Borax smears. I’m new to laser engraving and would have wiped it off.
Glad i could help others with this!
Some of my favorite vids. Borax is king. Your bottle is even easier than ny foam brush
Thank you for that comment. The bottle makes the whole process fast and easy and gives you a really uniform application.
Very informative video, thanks! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you, very much appreciated 😁
Very cool technique!! Thanks for sharing!! Much ❤ Mervich!!
Your welcome! 😁
Cool Hint On Using Borax Thanks for Sharing.
You can also sometimes rinse off the harder woods if you get crystals from borax..but no touching
Yes, but as you mentioned, no touching it.
Me encantó!!! Muchas gracias ☺️
Your welcome 😁
Great video!
Thank you 😁
Thank you for explaining this.
Hi there! So glad I found you! Everyone that orders from me always wants darkest I can get the image. Anyhoo-I was wondering, do you know if the borax method is safe to use on charcuterie boards? Thanks so much.
If you seal the board with a food safe sealer, then the borax method can work. The only problem is you dont want to rub it, it can potentially smear. In an ideal scenario, you would really like to get your power set to where it burns the wood, without digging into the wood. I call this a perfect surface burn. It will be black, but not go into the wood. No smudging as well. That is trial and error, and can change depending on wood type.
Thanks
Your welcome!
Are you able to use this for food-safe products like wooden spoons or chopping boards?
Yes, if you finish/seal it with food safe epoxy. If you try to seal it with an oil, it will likely just smudge. If you are doing cutting boards and similar items, i would dial your laser in to get perfect surface burn. You can check out my video on getting high details. I cover perfect surface burn. It will give you the darkest outcome without digging into the wood or charing it.
very cool, what software is that? I normally use lightburn, will the software you're using work with a smoothieware board?
Thank you. My software is called Luban, and it is proprietary to my machine due to the machine being a 3 in 1 - 3d printer, laser, and cnc machine. I could use lightburn as plug in, but this software is very solid as is, and unfortunately, it's only for Snapmaker machines to my knowledge.
couldn't take that hot water just running!
Noted!
Question. I've noticed on a few of your great videos, your app references "dot filled". How does "dot filled" correspond to the settings used with Lightburn?
I don't really use Lightburn, but with certain image types you can select dot mode (The laser will pause and pulse at regular intervals along the path, instead of burning/cutting continuously). You can also get nearly the same function using dither mode (Dithering technique tries to reproduce shades of gray by pixelating image of incredibly small black dots). I choose dot fill because it works like pixels in a tv. Individual dots create a higher quality image. It also gives better detail on greyscale images as well, creating a uniform shading, going from black to white.
@@MadeByMervich Thanks for the detailed reply. It makes sense..
Your welcome!
What about using a high pressure air after engraving and before clear coating?
That could potentially work, but I feel certain that even then if you touch it it will smudge. The laser is burning small particles, so I dont think you'll ever be able to successfully remove all of them.
If you wanted to stain the wood after using the borax method, what is the best way to clean up any smudges before staining?
Q-tip is your best bet for cleaning up. You can do the laser engrave, spray the stain, then clear coat it.
this method can applied for plastic also?
Just for darker engravings on wood.
i am new to laser engraving. How does the engraver know to change power settings for each picture?
Welcome to the world of laser engraving, and Im glad you found my channel. You would set the power for each individual image. In this video, I had already done all my settings prior to recording to keep the length of the video down to minimum. Doing the settings for 12 images and 12 text individually is pretty time-consuming. If I was doing one image, I would only make settings one time for the image. And if the image is in greyscale, the darkest part of the image would be at full power (what ever you set you max power at) and it would surge down as the blacks get lighter, on its own, due to the algorithums in the software your using.
What if you clear coat it before applying the Borax? Will the clean up be easier?
Thats a good question.. im unsure what the reaction may be taking that approach. Thats definitely something ill look into trying to see how that may work.. 🤔
If you clear coat first, the Borax won't penatrate the wood so you'd be defeating the purpose of using Borax.