For many engraving businesses, marking bare metal used to mean spending thousands on a specialized fiber laser. However, laser mark spray has changed the game. It allows your standard CO2 laser to create high-contrast, permanent marks on surfaces from which it would usually reflect.
This guide explains how these sprays can help you grow your business and reach new industrial markets.
CO2 lasers naturally struggle with bare metal because the beam tends to reflect off the surface. When you apply a laser mark spray like CerMark, the laser's heat fuses the ceramic material in the spray directly to the metal substrate. This creates a solid, high-contrast mark that is part of the metal itself.
For small shops, instead of buying a fiber laser system, you can use your current CO2 equipment to mark:
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