RTIC Mug Lasering

[Doug Fisher]

Thanks for posting the picture, Tim.

[mitch stephens]

This isn't a great example due to the over thickness of this powder-coating, but you get the idea. This one used 4 different gray levels.

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Any ideas on how to get this logo to look right on a powder coated cup with the 2 colors overlapping just he green S with the white sperry. I have a few customers that want powder coated cups but the logos overlap
Thanks in advance

[Scott Shepherd]

Make the SPERRY solid black, then make the S about 40% black and make it halftone the S.

[mitch stephens]

Make the SPERRY solid black, then make the S about 40% black and make it halftone the S.

These will be done on a teal green powder coated cups so the stainless is all that will show up

[Scott Shepherd]

These will be done on a teal green powder coated cups so the stainless is all that will show up

I assumed they were on colored cups. The method I posted is how I'd start. You might adjust it to 50 or 60% black if you find it looks better, but I'd probably stay down low to leave more of the cup color.

[mitch stephens]

I assumed they were on colored cups. The method I posted is how I'd start. You might adjust it to 50 or 60% black if you find it looks better, but I'd probably stay down low to leave more of the cup color.

I am still learning this an still do not know how to achieve what you are talking about. When the powder coat burns off their is only stainless shown underneath.
Thanks

[Scott Shepherd]

I am still learning this an still do not know how to achieve what you are talking about. When the powder coat burns off their is only stainless shown underneath.
Thanks

See the dot pattern that is around Tim's eagle? That's halftoning. It's not solid black. When you have something solid black, the machine spaces the dots close enough together to remove the powder coating. When you halftone it (by making it gray on some laser drivers, or by manually halftoning it in CorelDraw), then it spaces the dots far enough apart that it doesn't remove all the powdercoating, giving you a different look to your eyes. Look at Tim's photo of the Eagle, you'll see it. That's probably too light for you, but if you make the dots closer together than you'd have that. The other option is to put a white outline on the SPERRY text and have that white line not engrave, splitting the two different objects visually.

[mitch stephens]

Thanks I will try an figure out how to do that