Laser Safe Vinyl
If it is laser safe it is not truly vinyl.
Laser safe vinyl. Heat press and teflon sheet. Laser safe heat transfer vinyl htv. Vinyl is not laser safe because it is made with pvc. Before we get started not all heat transfer vinyl is laser safe.
When pvc is cut it releases hydrochloric acid which will corrode the inside of your glowforge. I have heard about something that seems like vinyl but is not. According to joe piazza from siser north america you ll need to have htv that is cpsia certified to be safe for laser cutting. The machine exhaust ducting fan and vent area were all in similar condition.
Oracal 631 651 751 951 siser easypsv etc are not safe to cut using your. I have no more info on it than a slight memory from about a year ago. And you probably shouldn t breathe it either. This environmentally friendly pvc free self adhesive vinyl creates a safer alternative to pvc based vinyl.
It would have been cheaper to buy a 400 vinyl cutter or even a 2000 graphtec than to sacrifice a 30 000 laser engraver. This means that adhesive vinyl is not safe examples. Although polyvinyl chloride pvc can in fact be cut with laser the thermal process produces hydrochloric acid and toxic fumes. Printable vinyl sticker paper waterproof printable vinyl for laser inkjet printer 15 self adhesive sheets glossy white standard letter size 8 5 x11 4 4 out of 5 stars 536 11 99 11.
Did you know colibri pvc free sign vinyl can be used for laser cutting. Grafityp self adhesive products now manufacture a range of chlorine free sign making films under the name of colibri.