How to Laser Cut and Sublimate on Acrylic - Lightburn Thunder Laser Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
- Want to add sublimation to your arsenal? I'll teach you how to do it on Acrylic, using the trace feature in Lightburn, printing from Illustrator and cutting (in seconds) on your Thunder Laser!
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Chapters:
Intro- 0:00
What is Sublimation - 1:57
Supplies - 2:16
Setup - 6:14
Cutting - 15:22
Sublimating - 16:07
Results - 18:48
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I love that you explain the science behind sublimation just a little.
Thanks! I’m a huge nerd and I love learning how things work!
This is perfect. I’m new to lightburn and sublimation and this is so helpful. Thank you!
So glad!
Definitely liked the design on the white acrylic ❣️❣️
Looks great right?
I loveeee your whole channel!! Laser cutting is my baby but I’m dabbling into sublimation, keychain malign and all kinds of crafty things. Really enjoying your content! 💜
Yay! You just made my day! It’s so fun to combine all the things, right?
White for sure! So pretty! I haven’t done anything with sub yet since I have so many toys already! Lol
Thank you for teaching me how to really utilize the trace feature of lightburn.
My pleasure!
Thank you! I have tried this in the past with mixed results,
I’m going to give it another go !
Let me know how it turns out!
Thank you
My pleasure!
great tutorial! i want to try this on 1/16" frosted acrylic to make a stained glass look and slide it into a lantern style lamp.
Thanks! I had a feeling someone would have an idea for the frosted - I love that idea. I'm always amazed at the creative ideas people have. You may want to try with the print looking much brighter on the screen than you actually want it to show up since you don't have the benefit of the white backer.
Good Morning Katie! Did you use the 1/8 or 1/4 inch white? Thank you. Enjoying your videos!
Hi! I mainly use 1/8” and 1/16”
Love your video! Can I use a clipart (PNG) from Etsy and sublimate onto a round acrylic OR can I use clipart and offset using the Glowforge to cut? I'm still new and learning... 🙂
Yep! Either should work - the Glowforge offset will only be available in premium - and I’d need to check offset from png, but you have the right idea
YES they do make a sublimation printer that prints white ink but it is very very expensive
That would be a white toner printer, correct?
Just find out your channel. I really like it! I am thinking to buy laser printer but don't know what brand I should choose. Many ppl talk about glow forge but it's so expensive. I am afraid if I can't make money selling stuff I make from laser printer. Would love to hear your thought. Thank you!
Thanks for your kind words! I think there are two camps on this - one would say buy the best laser you can afford so you don’t have to buy multiple times, others would say buy something less expensive to see if you even like it. The challenge is, it may be harder to learn or get comfortable and confident with a less expensive laser. So it’s tough!
Gah! I’m coming to the laser from sublimation so this is amazing! I’m having the same problem with proper colors using an Epson eco tank and cosmos ink! Any tips??
Also does the acrylic need a special coating?? I’m soooo pumped about this!!!!!
No special coating required - I had to test my different profiles on a big polyester tablecloth until I got what I liked. I found the hipoo ink profile gave me the most true to screen results!
Hii!! Thanks so much for your video. I wanted to ask if your acrylic warped or anything? I’ve watched a lot for research and most needed to weigh it down to prevent the warping, and also some have shown themselves needing to scrub off the sub paper afterwards. Did you have any of these issues? Thank you!
Yes to warping - I put something VERY heavy - maybe a bunch of books on top after to avoid. No to scrubbing paper - Mine didn't stick!
Is this all just regular acrylic or special for sublimation?
Regular acrylic - the 3015 white works the best for crisp results
currently there is no white toner sublimation printers. I would love to get into sublimation if they would make one.
That would be awesome - and why we mainly use white acrylic currently
Do you think you can print a full sheet and sublimate a piece of acrylic of the same size and after that cut pieces in the laser machine. Would be that safe to cut with the laser ?
Yes - completely safe and I do that with patterns!
@@ThingsKatieMakes Thank you 🤍
Could you have press the image on the acrylic fist and use the option in light burn “print and cut”?
Well isn't that cool - looks like YES absolutely - I'll have to try that out - thanks for the tip!
If you try it, can you post a video
Of it. There isn’t many videos I found of print and cut
@@c10kid89 of course!