Maroon on White Engraving Acrylic – 1/16"

Rich maroon red microsurfaced acrylic with a white core – laser engrave or CNC route the maroon surface to reveal crisp, high-contrast white designs.

Create professional signs, labels, displays, awards, and identification products with Maroon Red on White Engraving Acrylic. This two-ply, impact-modified acrylic features a matte maroon red microsurface over a contrasting white acrylic substrate. Engrave through the approximately 0.003" maroon surface layer to expose the white underneath, creating clean, permanent graphics without paint filling or additional color application.

This material is lightweight and easy to fabricate while remaining durable enough for both indoor and outdoor applications. Its matte finish minimizes glare while the deep maroon color provides a classic, professional appearance for signage, recognition pieces, displays, and custom projects.

Part of the Duets Laser XT line, this material is UV stable and engineered specifically for laser and rotary engraving, cutting, and fabrication. The microsurfaced construction requires only a shallow engraving depth to expose the contrasting white layer, making detailed text, logos, graphics, and patterns easy to produce.

Why Buy from MakerStock?

• High-Contrast Engraving: Engrave through the maroon red surface to reveal a permanent white image underneath.

• Ultra-Thin Microsurface: The approximately 0.003" maroon face requires only shallow engraving to expose the contrasting white substrate.

• Laser & CNC Ready: Designed for laser engraving, laser cutting, rotary engraving, CNC routing, and other fabrication methods.

• Indoor & Outdoor Use: UV-stable, impact-modified acrylic is designed for signage and projects used both indoors and outdoors.

• Matte Finish: The non-glare surface provides a clean, professional appearance for signs, labels, displays, and identification products.

• Affordable and Fast Shipping: $12 flat-rate shipping per 50lb box across the continental US from our two warehouses in PA and UT.

• No Minimum Order Requirements: Order one sheet for a project or stock up for your business, school, makerspace, or fabrication shop.

Perfect For

• Indoor & Outdoor Signs: Create durable business signs, informational signs, identification plates, and exterior signage with permanent maroon-and-white contrast.

• Directional & Wayfinding Signs: Produce highly legible room numbers, directional markers, facility signs, directories, and identification panels.

• Awards & Trophies: Engrave personalized award plates, plaques, trophy components, recognition pieces, and commemorative displays.

• School & University Signage: Create school signs, classroom identification, awards, nameplates, directories, and branded displays—especially for organizations using maroon as a school color.

• Equipment & Identification Labels: Make durable machine labels, control-panel tags, equipment identification plates, asset labels, and organizational markers.

• Retail & Display Signage: Create product signs, promotional signage, shelf markers, branded fixtures, and point-of-purchase displays.

• Custom Gifts & Décor: Create personalized signs, ornaments, tags, decorative panels, and other engraved projects with rich maroon-and-white contrast.

Project Inspiration

• Sign Makers: Laser engrave detailed lettering, logos, icons, and graphics into the maroon surface to expose the contrasting white underneath.

• Schools & Universities: Create branded room signs, awards, recognition plaques, nameplates, directories, and campus signage.

• Businesses: Produce professional room signs, nameplates, directories, equipment labels, and wayfinding systems.

• Awards & Recognition: Create achievement awards, trophy plates, donor plaques, commemorative pieces, and recognition displays.

• Event Professionals: Create table numbers, directional signage, nameplates, display markers, and reusable event signs.

• Makers: Turn custom artwork, typography, patterns, and illustrations into permanent two-color engraved designs without paint filling.

Explore Related Products

• Other Two-Color Engraving Acrylics: Explore additional color combinations for signs, labels, awards, displays, and custom engraving projects.

• Colored Cast Acrylic: Choose solid-color acrylic for projects where you want the same color throughout the material.

• Clear Cast Acrylic: Ideal for transparent signage, displays, laser-cut components, engraving, and general fabrication.

Specifications

• Material: Microsurfaced impact-modified acrylic.

• Construction: Two-ply / two-color acrylic.

• Surface Color: Maroon Red.

• Core / Engraved Color: White.

• Total Thickness: 1/16" (1.6mm).

• Maroon Red Microsurface: Approximately 0.003" thick.

• Recommended Engraving Depth: Approximately 0.003" to expose the white substrate.

• Finish: Matte.

• Engravable Side: Front engravable.

• Masking: Film masked on the front (engraving) side only. The reverse side is unmasked.

• Thermoformable: Yes; material can be heat bent using appropriate fabrication techniques.

• Tolerances: All MakerStock panel dimensions are cut to tolerances of +0"/-0.188".

Suggested Laser Settings

Laser settings should always be treated as a starting point. Results can vary based on machine condition, optics, focus, exhaust, material batch, and other factors. Test on a scrap piece before beginning your finished project.

35 Watt Systems – Laser Indoor / Laser XT

• Raster Power: 40

• Raster Speed: 100

• Vector Power: 45

• Vector Speed: 20

50 Watt Systems – Laser Indoor / Laser XT

• Raster Power: 30

• Raster Speed: 100

• Vector Power: 35

• Vector Speed: 20

Pro Tip

You only need to remove the thin maroon red microsurface when engraving. The maroon layer is approximately 0.003" thick, so avoid engraving unnecessarily deep into the white substrate. A shallow, properly focused engraving pass will generally produce sharper details, cleaner lettering, and stronger maroon-to-white contrast.

For detailed graphics or small text, run a test engraving first and adjust power and speed until the maroon surface is cleanly removed without excessive penetration into the white layer.

The sheet is film masked on the front engraving side only to help protect the finished surface during handling and fabrication. The reverse side is not masked. Leave the front masking in place during cutting when appropriate for your process, then remove it after fabrication.

FAQs

• What does "Maroon Red on White" mean? The sheet has a thin maroon red microsurface over a white acrylic substrate. Laser engraving or routing through the maroon surface reveals the white underneath, producing permanent two-color graphics.

• Can Maroon Red on White acrylic be laser cut? Yes. Duets Laser XT is designed for laser engraving and vector cutting. Always test your settings first, particularly when working with a new machine or material.

• Can I CNC route or rotary engrave it? Yes. The material can be CNC routed and rotary engraved in addition to laser processing. Use appropriate tooling and settings to remove the maroon surface cleanly without cutting unnecessarily deep into the white substrate.

• Can it be used outdoors? Yes. Laser XT is UV stable and designed for both indoor and outdoor applications, making it suitable for exterior signage, identification plates, directional signs, and similar projects.

• Do I need to paint-fill the engraving? No. Removing the maroon red microsurface exposes the white acrylic underneath, creating a permanent contrasting graphic without adding paint.

• What is the difference between this and regular maroon acrylic? Standard colored acrylic is generally the same color throughout the sheet. Maroon Red on White engraving acrylic is intentionally constructed with two contrasting colors, allowing text, logos, patterns, and graphics to appear white when the thin maroon surface is engraved away.