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Faux leather, pleather, leatherette

also: PU or PVC leatherette

Never list. At least one laser maker tells owners not to put this in the machine. Quotes below.

Many faux leathers are PVC under a printed grain. FSL, xTool and Boss Laser each put PVC-based leatherette on their never list.

Board

YES x2 two or more makers say yesNO x2 two or more say noMAKERS SPLIT makers contradict each other1 SOURCE one maker page only, not confirmedNO STATEMENT nothing publishedIF = yes only under a stated condition
Laser typeEngrave or markCut
Diode (blue, about 450 to 455 nm)NO x2NO x2
CO2 (10,600 nm)NO x2NO x2
Fiber (1064 nm)1 SOURCE: NO1 SOURCE: NO

Run faux leather, pleather, leatherette through the matcher to add a cut thickness.

What each maker says

Diode, engrave or mark NO x2

Diode, cut NO x2

CO2, engrave or mark NO x2

CO2, cut NO x2

Fiber, engrave or mark 1 SOURCE: NO

Fiber, cut 1 SOURCE: NO

Notes from the pages

Fumes

Every page read treats lasering as a fume source. Match your machine's exhaust figure to an extractor on the fume and room lookup.