Engraving Dell Studio Laptop

[Marc Myer]

Just curious: Do you clearcoat the finished product?

[Ian Wilson (AUST)]

Hey Guys ,

Just new to this............... but what about frequency??? I have an epilog 35 Watt.

Cheers Willo

[Frank Corker]

Hey Guys ,

Just new to this............... but what about frequency??? I have an epilog 35 Watt.

Cheers Willo

Frequency is only used when cutting with Epilog Ian so you don't need to worry about it. Speed and power settings only.

[Tim Bateson]

Be careful of plastic laptop covers with a painted/coated surface. In most cases the top finish is different than anywhere else on the laptop. So there is no good place to test.
From my own experience & my own laptop - It had several layers of finish. I had problems with some of the layers. Some flaked, but the biggest problem was the plastic was pitted and filled smooth with the finish coats. This was undetectable until it was too late. Look closely at the top of this picture to see the horrific results.

[Frank Corker]

jeepers Tim, that is a nightmare! Do you wrap it up at night to stop people looking at it?

[Tim Bateson]

jeepers

Do they still use "jeepers" on that side of the pond?

[Frank Corker]

Oh no, don't tell me that is banned as well is it!

[Dave Russell Smith]

"By jove man" the revolution has started "Raise the flags man the guns"

[Dmitriy Kumets]

Have a client that wants their new Dell Studio Laptop engraved in two places with very different properties. Setting aside the fact that I have nothing to experiment on, a repair on something this expensive makes me nervous. Although it already has Vista on it, so there isn't much more damage I could really do.

These are at bestbuy if I don't describe it well enough

The first is the outside, which has a painted type finish called "Premium Midnight Blue Finish, not textured, but obviously some kind of coating.

They also want the palm rests done just below the keyboard. It feels plastic with possibly some sort of clear finish. My laser is in my signature and I am just not sure of the settings. Generally I have something similar I have either done or can experiment with. They have seen others that have been done (brought in a photo) so it is not like I can even play the "can't be done on that material" card.

Any ideas?

So - any final results?