Well, I will start this with an apology to all the geniuses that have been doing ceramic tiles for ages and turning out some absolutely amazing pieces!
I was jealous of what you were able to achieve and wanted to try it out myself. My methods may not match yours, but this is how I got it to work for me and hopefully, anyone else wanting to try it out can follow along with me and actually produce something they can be proud of.
I will also show you some of my mistakes and disasters along the way as I’m sure you will get as much from them as the good bits, and you can have a good chuckle at my expense.
Having enjoyed my try at 3D carving it was time to switch back to the laser on my Yora CNC Carving & Laser Engraving Machine 3018-Pro.
But oooh, which laser to try, well I went for the Yora Laser Module 40W with fixed focus.
Obviously, I have googled to death how to do tiles and so on and picked bits from various guides on what I should do.
First thing was to find some tiles. Thankfully, there is a bulk tile store nearby where I managed to get a box (44 tiles) for less than £7 / $10, result! Won’t matter too much if I mess a few up, hahahaha.
The next suggestion I read was to clean off the film that the new tiles are covered in. Amazon to the rescue, I bought 500 ml of Isopropanol — Isopropyl Alcohol and wiped over a few tiles with it using a microfibre cloth.
Originally published at https://yorahome.com on April 16, 2021.
