I'm sure we've got enough folks is this group who have sandblasted. Need to make some clear glass into frosted for a light fixture. Is is reasonable to think I can sandblast the back and get a nice even effect across the glass (round piece, like a salad bowl, 24" across, 10" deep.
Thanks. Steve.
Yep, its that easy, Just tape off areas not to be sandblasted. For tall drinking glasses I stuffed them with paper then taped the opening closed. I even blasted a one inch line around mayo jars to use for labelling.
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Even better, etch it with commercial glass etching liquid, available at any stained glass hobby shop.
I've been using a wet sand blaster for a couple of years now and its a lot better safety wise than the dry/air one I was using.
No risk of silicosis is without doubt my favourite advantage.
I have blasted acres of glass. go to rayzist.com and talk to a man named Art. It's easy and he's really cool
In what way is any process that involves handling hydrofluoric acid "better" than something that's a simple mechanical process ? That is one hell of a nasty chemical, one I certainly won't handle.
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 06:52:16 -0500, SteveF penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.crafts.metalworking:
Acid etch may be a better process than blasting, if you don't have the right media. We used to frost and cut glass using a sandblaster, but we only used extreme flour grades of carborundum.
You are going to have to adjust the process to match your desired result....
I have used fine grades of wet dry paper in the past to frost glass.
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