How to Laser Cut and Sublimate on Acrylic - Lightburn Thunder Laser Tutorial

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Want to add sublimation to your arsenal? I'll teach you how to do it on Acrylic, using the trace feature in Lightburn, printing from Illustrator and cutting (in seconds) on your Thunder Laser!
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Chapters:
Intro- 0:00
What is Sublimation - 1:57
Supplies - 2:16
Setup - 6:14
Cutting - 15:22
Sublimating - 16:07
Results - 18:48
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@Embracetherandom 13 дней назад

Awesome. Great tutorial! I love your teaching style. Straight to the point! Thank you.

@kakuloo Год назад

I love that you explain the science behind sublimation just a little.

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Thanks! I’m a huge nerd and I love learning how things work!

@jasminev.martinez4826 11 месяцев назад

This is perfect. I’m new to lightburn and sublimation and this is so helpful. Thank you!

@ThingsKatieMakes 11 месяцев назад

So glad!

@hi-dores4111 9 месяцев назад

Definitely liked the design on the white acrylic ❣️❣️

@ThingsKatieMakes 9 месяцев назад

Looks great right?

@darcyringgenberg9698 Год назад

White for sure! So pretty! I haven’t done anything with sub yet since I have so many toys already! Lol

@shannonmarie6227 Год назад

I loveeee your whole channel!! Laser cutting is my baby but I’m dabbling into sublimation, keychain malign and all kinds of crafty things. Really enjoying your content! 💜

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Yay! You just made my day! It’s so fun to combine all the things, right?

@cliffart7398 Год назад

Thank you for teaching me how to really utilize the trace feature of lightburn.

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

My pleasure!

@amandaphillips7184 Год назад

Thank you! I have tried this in the past with mixed results, I’m going to give it another go !

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Let me know how it turns out!

@labebelindanp Год назад

Thank you

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

My pleasure!

@cogginsjeffrey Год назад

great tutorial! i want to try this on 1/16" frosted acrylic to make a stained glass look and slide it into a lantern style lamp.

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Thanks! I had a feeling someone would have an idea for the frosted - I love that idea. I'm always amazed at the creative ideas people have. You may want to try with the print looking much brighter on the screen than you actually want it to show up since you don't have the benefit of the white backer.

@AriellaMissick 9 дней назад

Hi! i am so glad i stumbled upon your channel! I do not live in the USA so normally order acrylic from specific vendors for better deals, would you say that any cast glossy white will do or does it have to be gloss one side and matted on the reverse? Also do i have to sublimate the entire surface to void heat marks on the Clear acrylic? I tried an image in the middle of the frame so that i could engrave the rest and use an LED base, but there were like heat marks on the areas with no sub.

@robinsstitches Год назад

Good Morning Katie! Did you use the 1/8 or 1/4 inch white? Thank you. Enjoying your videos!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Hi! I mainly use 1/8” and 1/16”

@MandyMakesThat Год назад

Gah! I’m coming to the laser from sublimation so this is amazing! I’m having the same problem with proper colors using an Epson eco tank and cosmos ink! Any tips?? Also does the acrylic need a special coating?? I’m soooo pumped about this!!!!!

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

No special coating required - I had to test my different profiles on a big polyester tablecloth until I got what I liked. I found the hipoo ink profile gave me the most true to screen results!

@amael1224 11 месяцев назад

Love your video! Can I use a clipart (PNG) from Etsy and sublimate onto a round acrylic OR can I use clipart and offset using the Glowforge to cut? I'm still new and learning... 🙂

@ThingsKatieMakes 11 месяцев назад

Yep! Either should work - the Glowforge offset will only be available in premium - and I’d need to check offset from png, but you have the right idea

@Rini-D 10 месяцев назад

Just find out your channel. I really like it! I am thinking to buy laser printer but don't know what brand I should choose. Many ppl talk about glow forge but it's so expensive. I am afraid if I can't make money selling stuff I make from laser printer. Would love to hear your thought. Thank you!

@ThingsKatieMakes 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for your kind words! I think there are two camps on this - one would say buy the best laser you can afford so you don’t have to buy multiple times, others would say buy something less expensive to see if you even like it. The challenge is, it may be harder to learn or get comfortable and confident with a less expensive laser. So it’s tough!

@xpaulinaaa 23 дня назад

Hii!! Thanks so much for your video. I wanted to ask if your acrylic warped or anything? I’ve watched a lot for research and most needed to weigh it down to prevent the warping, and also some have shown themselves needing to scrub off the sub paper afterwards. Did you have any of these issues? Thank you!

@ThingsKatieMakes 20 дней назад

Yes to warping - I put something VERY heavy - maybe a bunch of books on top after to avoid. No to scrubbing paper - Mine didn't stick!

@cliffart7398 Год назад

currently there is no white toner sublimation printers. I would love to get into sublimation if they would make one.

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

That would be awesome - and why we mainly use white acrylic currently

@caribguy2007 10 месяцев назад

Is this all just regular acrylic or special for sublimation?

@ThingsKatieMakes 10 месяцев назад

Regular acrylic - the 3015 white works the best for crisp results

@alejandrorochaweimar9442 Год назад

Do you think you can print a full sheet and sublimate a piece of acrylic of the same size and after that cut pieces in the laser machine. Would be that safe to cut with the laser ?

@ThingsKatieMakes Год назад

Yes - completely safe and I do that with patterns!

@alejandrorochaweimar9442 Год назад

@@ThingsKatieMakes Thank you 🤍