Printing on wood

[Ian Leach]

Never tried it before so thought of giving it a go, trying a few different methods.

[Marko]

I gave it a go last week; quite a co-incidence. I tried it to some mdf shapes and got a very high definition transfer but quite a lot of staining.

[Ian Leach]

I gave it a go last week; quite a co-incidence. I tried it to some mdf shapes and got a very high definition transfer but quite a lot of staining.

 

I've only tried it on cherry at the moment, what kind of staining is it ?

[Ian Leach]

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[Marko]

The acetone has left water marks on the mdf. I haven't tried immersing it all to see if i can get a uniform 'stain' all over the piece.

[Ian Leach]

What method have you been using then.

[Marko]

What method have you been using then.

 

I saw this

on youtube, watched a few more similar ones and then had a go. It worked very well apart from the "water stains".

[Ian Leach]

Think it might be the wood your using, mdf is not very good at getting wet imo. I use a gel glue instead of acetone, various different ways.

[se7enthdevil]

the clue might be in the word "wood"

 

those videos use plywood and other videos use wood, not mdf.

[gobbypunk]

Ugghhh...the very thought of mdf makes me shudder, you can't classify that s*** as wood!