Eric, I am curious; I found several small hobby sandblasters online for not much money at all. I am just looking into them; are they worth the money, if you do a low volume of work? I am a graduate student, and most of my money goes to tuition, so I am wary. Suggestions? Roger
Hey Roger,
I list a bunch of these small hobby blasters here. I believe these are the types you’re talking about. I personally don’t like them for anything other than shading techniques and light touch ups, but I think it’s a little better than the acid cream. You can see a picture of mine on the left called a Air Eraser. We featured a guest that does amazing shade blasting here by using light pressure blasters similar to this. Although, I believe he uses a more professional one, the idea of using the technique is absolutely amazing!
Read peoples comments about them on that page. Some like them others don’t. The bad thing about them is you have to refill them often which would be annoying.
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Hi,
I need advice and then need to order a suitable sand blaster to clean up drift wood, mostly small pieces, in preparation for then varnishing them as paperweghts and desk / table ornements. Somthing that will last and do the job well?
Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks.
Alexander.
Alexander,
Can’t you use sand paper or a belt driven sander for this? If not, I would check out siphon sandblasting cabinets.
I want to start doing Rock and Glass sand carving. I bouhgt your book and I’m glad I did because it has a lot of good information. I have watched three or four YouTube movies on how to make photo stencils in Photoshop. But none of them tell you how to print them and on what. So how do I print them and on what? And where can I get the material to print on? What kind of gun and nozzle and size of nozzle do I need?
@Bassna, thank you for your purchase and feedback! You could possibly test transparent sheets that are out there but I am not sure if they will work. Most people just buy it from the photoresist companies — they sell all the stuff to print it on; just make sure you get the type appropriate for your printer (laser vs, inkjet). For carving, you need a pressure pot and can use which ever nozzle you like, but I love this https://www.glassetchingsecrets.com/shop/vari-blast-footswitch-plans.html which is based off the PAB concept. The nozzle size really depends on the abrasive size and the size of your air compressor. I use a 3/32″
I use vellum to print the images on and print on a small desktop HP laser jet printer. I have been using the same printer for nearly 20 years, changing the toner every year.