How to Engrave Mirror Acrylic 

Great stuff man - engraving from the back totally makes such a difference!

Definitely worth the watch. Thanks for the lesson.

never imagined engraving mirror acrylic! great!!!

Great idea, it opens so many opportunities. Really good video!

This answered my questions on mirrored acrylic. Thank you for an excellent video!

Excellent video, very helpful. Thank you!

Thanks, I should have watched this first. I JUST got an Epilog Fusion and ran a test of mirrored acrylic. I lasered the front! I can't wait to try it this way.

Great video, it's the same for store bought mirrors also. You can add another element by painting over the engraved area.

Definitely the ones done on the back! 😍👌🏻👍🏻👊🏻

Great video! Thank you!

Thanks for your advice!

Awesome!!!

Just came across your channel a few days ago and really appreciate your insight and suggestions. I am looking into buying my first laser cutter and unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your point of view, you have caused me to consider more expensive cutters, lol. Keep up the great work!

I got this acrylic ... Thanks for the tip

Pink! Though I love a RED (did my first cuts with it--but not an engrave) it made awesome looking lipstick red lip earrings! Thanks for the video.

very useful thank you:)

Thank you for the tips..

Thx for this video. Was very helpful for me.

liked your process machining from the back. Recently made a mirror with a scene that turned out great from your information. Not so lucky in making a laser cut figure, as the acrylic tends to re-knit or melt back together. Will have to dial in the heat and speed

Loved this information! Very helpful. Would've liked to have some base laser settings and wattage of laser used. That's just me being needy, I'm sure.

Thank you for keeping this video around - answered all my questions in under 30 minutes!

Awesome video, they turned out great. If I’m getting it right then machine mirror side down and flip the design vertically right?

I like this video.. thank you ... 😍👍👍👍👍

Nice video. Thanks for showing both perspectives. It’s one thing to say it but to show it really makes it convincing. I would like to give feedback on the audio quality. I’m not positive of the cause but I have a good idea. I’m sure you noticed every time you began to speak it was soft and then cleared up. This happened on each new cut. This may be a “gate”. Usually found in audio software but also on hardware. Like a real gate it can open quickly or slow. Yours is set a little to slow. If I’m right, you might find you don’t even need it in this application. A good application is where you are using to mics as in drums and vocals but you don’t want the Tom microphone picking up sound until it’s hit. So check out your camera to see if the gate is there and or your post AV edits if it’s in the audio chain. I hope this helps your future videos. Chris

I follow you on Instagram. Great stuff!

Thanks for the Video......great stuff.. I"m going to try my logo with clear mirror acrylic.

Hi Trevor, I am learning a lot from you. Big thank you for sharing your knowledge. I like a laser cutter to be able to produce flame polished cut edges on acrylic especially on thicker acrylic. I don't have much success with my 40w laser machine running on arduino mega controller. I am getting bad cut edges with micro jaggedness if you know what I mean. Would you mind making a video to explore the acrylic edge cut quality on an epilog or whatever laser machine u can get your hands on. What settings need to be tweaked to get the best cut quality? Thank you.

I loveeeeeee you for this video

Great work brother, the blue one from the back looked the best. Keep it up.

This is good to know. Thank you. Backs it is

That’s work came out great 👍🏽!!! Good job what type of epilog laser do you use?

Hi, I have purchased the X-Tool 10w, would I be able to cut and engrave acrylic and get the same results you have with your laser?Thanks Great tutorial.

Thank you so much for making this video. I own an XTOOL 5W my first laser machine. If I may ask you what power and speed do you think I can set my machine in when doing the same thing you did except I’m doing it in gold mirror 3 mm acrylic? Thank you 🙏!

Very good video 👍 ! I have been looking for info on this kind of acrylic and there is not much out there . May i know the power and speed you use for this ?

use hatch fill, always gives the best results and you wont get the inconsistent melting intervals....

Great video. I was looking into making shadow boxes with cast acrylic. Your link to purchase acrylic mirror is for extruded, but you said extruded isn't good for engraving, only cast.

thx for sharing

I liked the blue. Where do you get your materials from? I’m in the Vegas area also.

Can you specify laser settings like power %, LPI, and Speed for a typical K40 Chinese laser? I've never done acrylic myself but Im sure I'll have a client in the future that needs it done!

May i ask what glue/solvent can i use to bond mirror acrylic to other acrylic sheet? so far I've tried Genii Liquid Quartz Glue (the solvent ate into the backing of the mirror and the mirror side became blurry with dots) and Plastic Magic (this did not blur the mirror, but the bond wasn't strong, i was able to push the pieces apart with some force)...any help is greatly appreciated!! thank you!

Hi did you rater the center of the letters or is it all engraved?

I've been engraving with the mirrored side down and it has worked wonders but lately I've noticed that after a few months some pieces develop spots around the engraved parts as of the mirror coat was unsticking from the acrylic but from the back the coating looks ok .

I know this is an old video......But Vinyl transfer tape will help you engrave and cut Just peel off that plastic liner and apply some transfer tape and it will come out great Another great video

Love this:). What is a setting point to engrave thison 100 watt ? thanks

Nice. The blue is the best. What are the speed and power settings for cutting and for engraving?

Any safety concenrs when engraving this material also can it be done with a diode laser?

What machine do you use? Really informative video Thankyou

just found your channel; good stuff; is there math to help with settings? I have a glowforge bsic, so 40 watt; Thee settings I've tried don't give me similar results using a blue mirror acrylic. I'm sure you re using a stronger laser.. is there math that I could take your settings and wattage and convert to settings for a 40 watt laser?

I always get charred marks from the gutter on the downwards facing side, any way to eliminate that problem?

Hi! do you think I could do that with a diode laser? just the engraving! Thanks!

Hey man, I want to know the speed and force you use to engrave on acrylic, because I find it difficult to do so, with your permission.

Where can I get these meer acrylic? Can I use mirror acrylic instead?

Where can I get consistent mirrored acrylic?

Hey man love the content I'm new here by any chance do you have a video with the whole photoshop part on creating the logo and sizing on there and transferring it to the machine? sorry for asking so much lol

Good day buddy just seen your video on engraving and cutting mirrored acrylic. I am using a xtool d1 10watt diode laser can you help me with the engraving and cutting settings please 🙏

How to prevent sharp edges on the frontside when cutting from the backside?

Diode can do mirrored acrylic?

Boy, I'm just getting into lasers, I bet a lot has changed in 3 years. So if I invert the image in my software will that satisfy your "backwards" requirement?

Having seen your video on mirrored acrylic I have been playing around with some mirror acrylic on my machine (150w CO2) and am really struggling to get a clean cut, I have done various power/speed tests to try and nail down the best settings. But I always get a slight haze in the reflective surface close to the cut edge, I am cutting from the rear through the grey coating on the back as suggested. I am getting a few sparks of the surface when cutting, and I'm beginning to wonder if it just the brand of acrylic I am using. Have you any tips on what to look for when it comes to mirror acrylic? this brand seems to have a very slightly textured grey finish on the rear, I wonder if there are any smoother surfaced which cut cleaner and don't effect the reflective surface Any advice gratefully received James

you don't need to mirror/reverse your design when doing mirror side down?

If i removed the plastic cover how can i laser cut now? It’s worse with reattached cover

sorry - autocorrect.. did you RASTER the letters or just engrave?

Would be a lot more helpful if you also included your machine power and speed settings

Can i use diode laser for engrave mirror acrylic?

Can you tell me what machine are u using pls ?

I get a very bad smell when I cut the acrylic, how do you get rid of it?

We need acrylic coting uv coting machine for 6 h hardness machine please help me

my wife really liked the pink

Silver engraved from the back was my fav. Thanks for the good content. Oh and get a better mic you have good content but your audio is in and out at times.

Trevor is that casted or extruded?

What is the thickness of the mirror?

Totally different effect. I can see an argument for both...whatever effect desired

What is the machine called?

Great video! Relly hope to cooperate with you! We are manufacturer providing Cut-to-Size ACRYLIC sheet and Relative Products. Looking forward to your reply!

Sound?

what about leaving the film on and then painting the back black after you engrave the back side? hmm....

1. Please get a wireless mic 2. Every time you cut it seems you’re fading audio in- don’t do it or shorten the duration

Somethings up with your audio.

What’s wrong with your sound?

Don't show us how not do it.

Cover the mirror with blue painters tape, Then cut or engrave.....Oh and your Mic sucks..!!!