Alright, one more thing before I go…
I wasn’t really happy that the last tiles were so dark, so I went into Lightburn and made some image adjustments. I also bumped the laser setting up to 1250mm/min and 100% power, to match the test tile I had previously made for the NWT method and that paint and laser. After adjusting the image and lasering, the result is a lighter, more detailed, image (left) than the “too dark” previous image (right)…
and much closer to the original source image (bathing suit highlights, boat reflections, etc)…
Please note this was the NWT spray-paint/acetone method… not Ron Clarke’s method w/ PVA glue.
Okay… I think I’m done.
– David