laser brick stencil

[Chris Achtschin]

Does anyone laser stencils on bricks for sandblasting and color filling.
If so, what materials and paint etc. are suggested.
Thanks,Chris

[Gary Hair]

Anchor 116 stencil and Lithichrome paint are pretty much all I use. Rust oleum 2X works well for anything not really exposed to much weather and costs about 1/4 what Lithichrome does.

[Chris Achtschin]

Thanks Gary,
Is the material vinyl or can you apply to the brick and laser?

[Scott Shepherd]

It's rubber.

[Gary Hair]

It's polyester based. Apply to the brick and laser away! Anchor is one of the few stencil materials that are polyester instead of vinyl. You can also kiss-cut the stencil in the laser, apply transfer tape, then apply to your substrate. That works well for larger/heavier items, but not so well for smaller items.

[Scott Shepherd]

It's polyester? We use 2 different Anchor ones, one pink and one tan and they are both rubber. I haven't seen the thinner polyester ones.

[Chris Achtschin]

Thanks all

[Gary Hair]

I was told by the people at Anchor that they are all polyester based, maybe polyester based rubber?