Coloured Dust in white letters of Rowmark

[Greg Bednar]

Ron and Mike, thanks for the magic eraser tip. It works great.

[Eric Seest]

I started using the magic eraser a couple of weeks ago and it works great. Another thing I started to do that is making clean up easier is cutting the piece out before engraving.

[Ian Wilson (AUST)]

Was that the Mr Clean Spray or the scourer?

Cheers Ian

[Ron Chapellaz]

Not sure if I can post this, but here is a photo to help you out. It looks like a sponge.

[Ian Wilson (AUST)]

Thanks Ron,

That really cleans the white lettering when the red blends into it? Do you add any cleaning fluid?

I have to do two passes to clean when I engrave Rowmark red with white lettering...I did a load of blue today and one pass worked fine. If I could find away to only do one pass with Red I'd be happy.

Cheers Ian

[Ron Chapellaz]

Ian, I am able to do this with one pass with the engraver. Make sure to engrave from the bottom up as this greatly reduces the contamination into the engraved areas. Then use the magic eraser and rinse under the tap. I don't use any cleaning fluids, just the eraser. Give it a go and you'll see how well it works...

[Mike Chance in Iowa]

That really cleans the white lettering when the red blends into it? Do you add any cleaning fluid?

I dip the Magic Eraser in water, wring out the excess water and then wipe. When the Magic Eraser becomes too dirty, I dip it in water and it cleans itself.

[Zlatko Kursar]

Hello,

try engraving with beam out of focus (2-3 steps down). This working for me.

[Justin Harrington]

I engrave from the bottom up and then apply application tape to the whole piece before doing any vector cutting. If you apply the tape without wiping the work piece then any reisdue dust simply sticks to the tape when you remove it. This way you have nice clean cut edges without reisdue marks, the work piece is protected when you have to do alot of plaques and you're packing then one on top of another for transportation and the customer gets a nice suprise when they peal off the tape.

[David Dustin]

We used the Mr. Clean Eraser too, It worked great!

Thanks guys (and gals)..

David

[collin diefenbacher]

Hello
I use alchol wipes for tape recorded head cleaners,seems to work really well

[Giri Podichetty]

I found plain tootpaste quite effective (and cheap).It's mild abrasive shifted the color blow over from etching and cutting with white on red Rowmark I was using to make name tags.

[Stratos Gregoras]

You can also check if the lens (close to the engraved material) is well fixed. If the screws are loose it results in heavy banding.