Laser Engraved Eagle and American Flag engraved in 4"x4" White tile.

Ok, let's make this simple.

Step 1. 

GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES

• White ceramic tile from your local supplier. I used Menards as they are down the road from me and the tiles are only $11 for a box of 100.
• Titanium Dioxide this is the key ingredient for the project. Amazon is the best place.Food grade is a finer powder. 
• White Glue this holds it all together and makes the surface a bit more durable while working with the tile.
• Water…. well, sink, distilled it all works the same.
• Plastic squeeze bottles with lid to store your mixture.
• Food Coloring whatever color suits your fancy. can be found in all food stores. Since TiO2 dries white you need some color in the mixture to see where you painted.
• Airbrush Kit this is the second most important part the airbrush. this will atomize the mixture to a fine spray that will evenly coat your tile. This is the secret to a beautiful result.

Step 2.

MAKE THE PAINT

In this step we make the TiO2 (titanium dioxide) mixture in a 3:1:1 mix. 3 parts water 1 part white glue and 1 part TiO2.

Take your container (I used 8 oz container) and measure 3 oz water, 1 oz TiO2, 1 oz glue and about 10 drops of the food coloring.  Pour all of what you just measured into the 8oz container seal the lid tightly and shake it up well. you must get the Tio2 to be fully suspended in the water and glue mix.  this should be enough to spray many tiles.

Step 3.

CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN

Take the tiles you want to paint and you need to clean them well. Use isopropyl alcohol and a clean cloth to thoroughly clean the oils from the surface of tiles, do not touch the tile surface after cleaning.

Step 4.

PAINT THE TILE

Ok, now it time to pain the tile. I am not going into too much detail here. Simply use the airbrush to evenly coat the tile until you see a glossy even surface. it should not be running or dripping or pooling on the tile. Just a nice even coat spraying in opposite directions Left to right up and down.

Set aside to dry for a few hours and you will come back to a nicely even coat of TiO2 on your tile.

Step 5.

ADD YOUR IMAGE

Take the image you processed in ImagR and the tile you painted earlier and put the tile on your F1/F1 Ultra line up the tile for your image using the steps provided by Xtool Software. and fire away.  the settings provided should get you similar results. the key is to get a crisp B/W image by adjusting the contrast, sharpness and gamma settings.