Members studiocroco Posted November 29, 2023 Members Report Posted November 29, 2023 hi, i make personalised leathergoods and laser engrave a lot of things in leather. Now i want to add colour in my laser engraving like gold or silver. So i can also engrave on darker leather. Does anyone know how to do this? I add a picture to show an example. I know for sure the example has been laser engraved because i saw a making of. But they did not show the total process. I tried with angelus leatherpaint but that's not as slick as on the picture. I hope someone can help me out, you would be a life saver! ps: i asked the company of the picture how they do it but offcourse i didn't receive an answer Regards, Myrthe Quote
Northmount Posted November 29, 2023 Report Posted November 29, 2023 5 hours ago, studiocroco said: Now i want to add colour in my laser engraving Moved your post to 3D Printers and Lasers Quote
Contributing Member Ferg Posted November 29, 2023 Contributing Member Report Posted November 29, 2023 The simplest way I know of is to mask the leather completely, laser through it and spray the color you wish into the engrave, allow to dry to the touch then remove masking. It is important to allow the paint/ink to dry but not allowing the masking to remain for long time since some times there are small indentions in the leather that allow the spray to penetrate under the masking. Most of the time you can remove unwanted color from surface without damage to leather A spray to seal the leather and the coloring used works best. If you apply a sealer with a cloth you will have the color migrating all over the place. I engrave leather by dampening the leather before engrave, results in better rendition. Color on the engraved portions is tricky at best, practice on a piece of scrap. Quote
Members Dwight Posted November 29, 2023 Members Report Posted November 29, 2023 27 minutes ago, Ferg said: The simplest way I know of is to mask the leather completely, laser through it and spray the color you wish into the engrave, allow to dry to the touch then remove masking. It is important to allow the paint/ink to dry but not allowing the masking to remain for long time since some times there are small indentions in the leather that allow the spray to penetrate under the masking. Most of the time you can remove unwanted color from surface without damage to leather A spray to seal the leather and the coloring used works best. If you apply a sealer with a cloth you will have the color migrating all over the place. I engrave leather by dampening the leather before engrave, results in better rendition. Color on the engraved portions is tricky at best, practice on a piece of scrap. Thanks, Ferg May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members studiocroco Posted December 1, 2023 Author Members Report Posted December 1, 2023 On 11/29/2023 at 11:08 PM, Ferg said: The simplest way I know of is to mask the leather completely, laser through it and spray the color you wish into the engrave, allow to dry to the touch then remove masking. It is important to allow the paint/ink to dry but not allowing the masking to remain for long time since some times there are small indentions in the leather that allow the spray to penetrate under the masking. Most of the time you can remove unwanted color from surface without damage to leather A spray to seal the leather and the coloring used works best. If you apply a sealer with a cloth you will have the color migrating all over the place. I engrave leather by dampening the leather before engrave, results in better rendition. Color on the engraved portions is tricky at best, practice on a piece of scrap. Thank you for your answer. I'll try that! Quote
Members Littlef Posted December 1, 2023 Members Report Posted December 1, 2023 Another untested thought... seal the leather with a resist. Then burn your image through the sealant, and wipe the color over the image and wipe off, similar to how you'd apply an antique. maybe? Quote Regards, Littlef Littlef - YouTube
Members studiocroco Posted December 1, 2023 Author Members Report Posted December 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Littlef said: Another untested thought... seal the leather with a resist. Then burn your image through the sealant, and wipe the color over the image and wipe off, similar to how you'd apply an antique. maybe? nice option as well. With a resist, you mean something like a tape? Or a layer that i also can wipe off? Quote
Members Littlef Posted December 1, 2023 Members Report Posted December 1, 2023 4 hours ago, studiocroco said: nice option as well. With a resist, you mean something like a tape? Or a layer that i also can wipe off? I was referring to a resist such as this image. Its used when antiquing leather. It seals the leather so that antiquing gel only adheres to the areas that are tooled, and the antiquing gel will wipe back off of the portions of smooth leather. It might work.... it might not. Quote Regards, Littlef Littlef - YouTube
CFM chuck123wapati Posted December 1, 2023 CFM Report Posted December 1, 2023 They probably used a technique called heat embossing which is pretty simple to do so they probably didn't want to tell. I have no idea if it would work with a laser. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Northmount Posted December 2, 2023 Report Posted December 2, 2023 5 hours ago, chuck123wapati said: They probably used a technique called heat embossing which is pretty simple to do so they probably didn't want to tell. I have no idea if it would work with a laser. @studiocroco It certainly looks like hot foil pressed image. Once you have the equipment (a hot foil press) it is certainly faster and much easier to do than have to work through the various contortions listed above. The hot foil presses often show up on local for sale FB and other sites. Quote
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