Photorealistic images on painted tile D1-10w

Instruction

Application scenario

Laser (70min)

Machine & module

xTool D1

10W

Material used

Ceramic Tile

3921

Information

      Painting a white ceramic tile with layers of different colored enamel spray paint and lasering away the different layers to reveal color patterns.

You can find the image here:

https://www.laser-pics.com/image/animals-norton-97e30/

Instruction

Step1: Paint layer 1 light blue and yellow

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Clean the tile with an alcohol based cleaner and microfiber rag. Spray the bottom portion of the tile light blue. Spray the top left quarter of the tile yellow.

Step2: Paint layer 2 dark blue

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For layer two you will paint the entire tile dark blue

Step3: Paint layer 3 purple

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Paint the top right quarter of the tile purple

Step4: Paint layer 4 black (the top layer)

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The final layer is the black top layer. Paint the entire tile black. Allow to dry.

Step5: Prepare image for laser engraving by dithering it in your preferred image adjustment software (I use imag-r and follow their listed steps in order)

A) Drag and drop image into imag-r

B) Crop the section of the image that you wish to engrave ( in this case I used square crop)

C) Adjust image size to .01 larger than what the material size actually is (this will give you some room to make sure that you engrave the entire piece)

•In this screen you will also set your dpi to 318 for the 5w and 10w

D) Next select the material button then select Norton white tile painted black (this is going to dither your image)

E) Last is to download the Image as your preferred file type (i typically download as a .PNG)