I've always hated my penmanship especially when I mark a bow. I have a laser etcher and was playing around with burning the limb glass for my logo and draw weights. The results are good but I'm concerned about hurting the integrity of the glass.
Do you think I'm asking for trouble down the road?
Here is a pic. The right logo is burned only and the left logo was filled with gold paint. I don't know if you can tell how deep the burn is but it's not very deep.
The only part that would hold me back from doing etching free hand is if you do an oops! or don't like how it comes out, you are done. Its permanent.
Using an ultra pine paint pen. if you don't like it you can wipe it off with lacquer thinner, and go again. same thing with a calligraphy pen.
There is another option that you can look into and that is water slide decals.
check this out. you can create your own custom signiture on your PC and print them on this paper.
They actually come out pretty good with a little practice. i used them to put Chinese writing on a limb before. :thumbsup:
https://www.amazon.com/Waterslide-Transfer-Transparent-Printable-Tumblers/dp/B098KYH7R9/ref=sr_1_6?adgrpid=1344703329452477&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.4oJ27z7nsqcWZGEtbnIviJqW99C0Sm3O53t8vBFOdQpqRJbPUF-gQe_mBwMcGgSgrH9AnzNLFLEBJmvyAao_N8MiGnNPLmS3Wf4v0JCRLlAej9pDKjCvESgccz445m4BKW_GGsVWj7HkXRYWVZDUPFO6uYsiO5ZHWfGf9oSP9mDXNqRFLNE8eZlhSUwy_ZDY3SACoENXtU7VJj3WAkyjpI-zdrDYP5vJUQG1gJmffWXQLC_C6F6mWG6yTjVUbUukk8MM9p_KGDFgV-j9MfV-xplqXPOAwfkMnalcERwbDVM.Ddi60pvtOCNhYH1zIrs0U26_5WzavS7FyEeVCUslKv8&dib_tag=se&hvadid=84044360760998&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=62223&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvtargid=kwd-84044347300364%3Aloc-190&hydadcr=7470_13441219&keywords=water%2Bslide%2Bdecal%2Bmaker&mcid=6a54750de1f83a989ee5bd5f3b3db42f&msclkid=fd8bdaa577e41d2a751eb33b119230fc&qid=1771988607&sr=8-6&th=1
I usually use a pen and free hand. I have wiped off more than I have kept. Haha. I'm using my laser machine so I can change the font if I want and it etches the exact same every time. I was just concerned about burning into the fiberglass. Think it will cause cracks or something later?