Laser Engraving on Leather is a lot of fun to do. Its fun because there are so many things made out of leather. Here at MBJD Laser we have lasered leather coasters, baseball mits, High School game day footballs, and leather wine bags to name just a few. Today however, we decided to engrave on Checkbook covers. This will be a new product that we plan on selling in our store. Although writing checks to pay bills is not as popular as it used to be, check writing is still a preferred way of payment for many people.
Probably the hardest thing to predict is what the leather will look like once it is engraved. Depending on the color of the leather and the tanning process, leather can have a very different look from item to item. It takes time, practice, and much trial and error to understand what the leather will look like once engraved.
One product we have been very impressed with are the Leatherette products from JDS Industries. JDS not only has various colors in their leatherette products but they hold up well and have an outstanding look once they are engraved. Today we did a few checkbook covers as samples. (See picture below). On thing you will note is that all the engraving comes out black with exception to the black checkbook cover. The engraving on the black checkbook cover comes out gold. The crisp clean lines by the laser and the leather itself is amazing!
All lasers will have a different speed and power setting. Our Zing 40 watt laser requires a speed of 100 and a power of 35.
* Important Note*
While lasering on 100% leather renders an outstanding look, do NOT laser engrave on synthetics, or pleathers. Synthetics and Pleathers have a tendency to melt instead of burn and do not work well when lasered.
Probably the hardest thing to predict is what the leather will look like once it is engraved. Depending on the color of the leather and the tanning process, leather can have a very different look from item to item. It takes time, practice, and much trial and error to understand what the leather will look like once engraved.
One product we have been very impressed with are the Leatherette products from JDS Industries. JDS not only has various colors in their leatherette products but they hold up well and have an outstanding look once they are engraved. Today we did a few checkbook covers as samples. (See picture below). On thing you will note is that all the engraving comes out black with exception to the black checkbook cover. The engraving on the black checkbook cover comes out gold. The crisp clean lines by the laser and the leather itself is amazing!
All lasers will have a different speed and power setting. Our Zing 40 watt laser requires a speed of 100 and a power of 35.
* Important Note*
While lasering on 100% leather renders an outstanding look, do NOT laser engrave on synthetics, or pleathers. Synthetics and Pleathers have a tendency to melt instead of burn and do not work well when lasered.
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