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    Example of LaserDarc on maple

    Bought some of this product and thought I would post a pic of the results. This is the product from Smoke-Wood. Not going to save a lot of time, but the results are good. You laser once. put in the powder, then laser again at low power,fast speed. Notice the green color in the logo. I bought black,green and gold. The gold works well on dark wood.
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    I have had great success with powder coat paint, much cheaper and easier to use than what I saw on their website. I have only used black though, not sure how any other colors work. I laser the wood, sprinkle on the powder, laser again then vacuum the excess. Works great. Plus, Harbor Freight black is something like $8.00 for a 16oz jar. For the price difference, $8.00 vs $69.00, I'd experiment a bit.

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    Hi Gary,
    Did you seal the wood first or mask it? I've wanted to try the HF powder coat paint - - we've got few colors left from a actual powder coating job we did.

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    Vicki,
    I don't seal or mask, that's the beauty of powdercoat, it only sticks where it is lasered. I use a variety of implements to put the powder in/on the letters, mostly a very thin paint brush that I simply dip into the powder and then hold it above the letters and tap it to make the powder fall off into the letters. After I get a pretty good fill in the letters I use a business card as a squeegee to ensure the letters are filled. Don't worry about cleanup, simply vacuum after you are all done - use a nozzle with a brush on the end.

    One thing though, it took me a long time to get the settings right for the powder coat, too much power and you obliterate it, too little (or too much speed) and it doesn't melt. With your 150 watts I would start with about 5% power and about 60 inches per second.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Hair View Post
    I have had great success with powder coat paint, much cheaper and easier to use than what I saw on their website. I have only used black though, not sure how any other colors work. I laser the wood, sprinkle on the powder, laser again then vacuum the excess. Works great. Plus, Harbor Freight black is something like $8.00 for a 16oz jar. For the price difference, $8.00 vs $69.00, I'd experiment a bit.

    Gary
    Thanks for the info. I tend to go with products that are intended for use with the laser until I find cheaper and/or better. The HF powder is a lot cheaper for sure. Its like $5 per lb right now,but very few colors. I was mostly interested in the gold for another project,it seemed to be a good idea at the time. I bought 3 colors in a kit that came with some brushes, touch up pen etc for $69.00. Still pricey, but it worked and at the rate I would use it, I probably got a 5 yr supply.
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    Can we assume that air assist would mess up the even coating of the powder? I need to do some experiments with this, it looks good!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dee Gallo View Post
    Can we assume that air assist would mess up the even coating of the powder? I need to do some experiments with this, it looks good!
    There would be nothing left of it with air assist. You don't typically need air assist on rastering anyway.

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    You've convinced me to test PC again. My first attempts were failures.

    Larry, that's a good example.
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    I used the SmokeWood product for many years. The price seems like a lot but one jar will last for years. I use it mostly for darkening small type but I don't laser over it to fuse it. I just spray furniture polish (cheap brand), brush on some powder and clean the board with the same polish. Does not provide a color fill like paint does but really helps and is very easy to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Hair View Post
    There would be nothing left of it with air assist. You don't typically need air assist on rastering anyway.
    Yep, I turned air assist off, ran at 20p/100s. Air assist would definitely not be a good idea,
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    Larry that example you showed there looks good, I wish you'd posted a pic that we could see that was bigger than a pinhead though.
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  12. Anybody tried the loose powder coat on metal like alloy ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Corker View Post
    Larry that example you showed there looks good, I wish you'd posted a pic that we could see that was bigger than a pinhead though.
    How about this one Frank?EZ TEC 2.jpg
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    I have thought about this when it came up in past threads. I have purchased the powder here in the past http://www.eastwood.com/hotcoat-powd...g/powders.html . they have many colors and shades.
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    Always appreciate what you have to offer Larry, but I think I'm going to take up a collection to give you a free photography class.
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