What is Laser Etching?
It’s using a powerful laser to burn images into something. The laser acts like an ink-jet printer, except that it uses tightly focused light instead of ink. The class 4 CO2 laser is powerful enough to vaporize plastics and coated metals at its focal point, but cannot penetrate or cause harm to your electronic gear.
Generally, the customers provided photo is scanned into a computer for sizing and conversion by a computerized program which creates an “etching image”. This program guides the laser, enabling it to reproduce the image in the chosen material. A special CO2 Laser then “burns” the image into stone, plastic, acrylic, marble, glass or just about any hard surface. Since each material has its own unique characteristics, which affect the look of the finished product, pre-process material selection is an important step. In general dark surfaces produce the best image. Some materials, such as Black Marble, have white veins or other color variations. These will still be present in the final etched product as they are part of the inherent nature of the product. At Wooten Metal, we think of them as “Nature’s fingerprints.” The application of special paints to the etched lines make various effects on lighter surfaces possible. Regardless of the medium being etched, the better the quality (resolutio
(top) Combining specialized laser technology and the newest graphic software our artists etch images with near photographic quality directly into granite, marble, glass and other substrates. We can laser etch any image and any design, at any size, directly into the surface, by actually burning into the substrate. The finished product is stunning in both classic black & white or full color.
Combining specialized laser technology and the newest graphic software our artists etch images with near photographic quality directly into the marble, glass, granite and other surfaces. We can laser etch any image and any design, at any size, directly into the surface. The finished product is spectacular in both black & white and full color.
