My Journey: When I first got into glass etching, I was most interested in the sandblasting process and was about to spend over $10,000 on equipment advertised by manufacturers. Just before I was about to make the irrationally quick decision, I decided to research other lower cost solutions and ended up piecing together a great setup for at least 90% less. My goal through our ebook and membership area is to provide this information so you too can save, while still etching like a pro. It is my aim that a small investment in this information will actually save you thousands.
If you use the large sandblaster nozzle system such as this or your holder utilizes the C1 nozzle tip, you can now use a longer lasting tungsten carbide nozzle tip by Kennametal. This is known as the TC1 nozzle. Since it is large, stretching 3.75″ long, it contains a lot of wear-resisting tungsten carbide which
There is a new gift trend that is popular for couples, whether that be for newly weds, married anniversaries or just for girlfriend/boyfriends. Whether you sandblast etch, use acid cream or rotary engraving, you can use this idea. The idea is to etch glass drinkware with the words “His” on a glass and “Hers” on
Many of us glass sandblast folks typically only need smaller nozzles. However, for large glass blasting projects or general sandblasting work, you may want a larger, high output nozzle. Due to request, we have released a larger version of our long lasting sandblaster nozzle assembly which is used for pressure pot blasters only. It still
Hello all, this is an important tip and announcement to prevent you from making costly mistakes when using a pressure pot nozzle containing a ball valve. As you may know, we offer sandblaster nozzles with longer lasting steel ball valves or offer the steel ball valves sold individually here. Although these steel valves will last
Hello all, whether you use our brand of bottle cutters or another brand, I wanted to post this tip to prevent the bottles from breaking after doing the hot/cold cycles. If you recall, bottle cutting works by scoring the bottle around with our kits that contain a carbide scoring wheel. After this is done, you
As you may know, many of us glass etchers have got into the business or hobby of making your own candles from natural soy wax which is very popular these days. Soy wax is mainly for filling glass containers, which we etch interesting designs into such as these. With this hobby, we also cut wine
Hello all, the below is a video provided by a visitor named Rob D. He recently inherited this large piece which is called “Getting them Through”. He would like to see if anyone has more information on this beautiful glass engraving by James Bruce. If you have seen this before or have more info, please
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Many folks have enjoyed out Deluxe Glass Etching Kit which included all the basics to get started with cream etching, however that kit only contained one-time use stencils, called Rub N’ Etch. To allow you to experiment with both the intricate Rub n’ Etch stencils and the Over n’ Over reusable stencils, we recently released
You may know there are many different ways to spicing up your etching with colors. All the different paints and colorants to use have pros & cons. It really depends on your needs when selecting the perfect way to color your etching. We have discussed using a product called Rub N’ Buff a while back.
Answer: Most likely not. I commonly get customers of our Upcycle EZ-Cut Bottle Cutters tell me their cutter blade is worn and dull. After researching this, we have found in every case that the blade shows no signs of wear and it looks as good as a new replacement blade. We further test these blades
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Regardless of what type of glass paint you use with stencils, it is prone to peeling off when the stencil in lifted. In the past, we offered a lacquer based glass paint, which had another issue with melting the vinyl stencil. However, now we mainly offer a quality water-based product that will not dissolve the
