A nice, colorful landscape rock with a deer and words “Sweet Home” sandblasted into the surface.
Danny Elser shared these unique sandblasted rocks with various design through the form. I thought they had a unique, clean appearance that I loved and asked him if he polished them of some sort. Danny stated that he grinded the rock surface and used an outdoor sealer, which I am guessing is what give it somewhat of a shine!
He shared the below description of how he makes these, along with the photos. Remember to click on each photo to see a larger view of them.
Some of the engraved rocks we have done
I grind the rock surface smooth to get the colors out of the rock. Then they are sealed with an outdoor sealer. Every rock has its own distinct color pattern much like a snow flake. I use a rubber mat for the stenciling. All stencils are cut out by hand which gives it a personal look — I do not like to use an automated stencil cutter. I use aluminum oxide for the blast material and fine river sand.
A personalized landscape rock with address and name.
This rock has a nice surface color and the sandblasted areas are painted in red which is unique!
A fish is sandblasted here and personalized with a name.
A personalized rock for a Alabama Crimson Tide fan
Oakland Raiders design engraved in rock.
I am a big fan of Danny’s work here. If you are too, let him know in the comment box below or have a question for him. Thank you for inspiring us, Danny!
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Danny does awesome work! He is very humble about it. His rocks are amazing. I ordered one for my parents and they were super impressed!
Can you be more specific about the grinding of the stone? Curious about the type or make of grinder and head he uses. What brand or make of sealant is used?
Love @ first look! I am just entering the world you are creating and every time it impresses me.
Care to share how would you transfer photographic image of face on the rock?
Regards, Josip
can you tell me how long these lasts without haveing to redo them? thanks so much,you guys do beautiful work,,keep it up
I’m totally blown away with what I saw. Very interesting, but what if I don’t have a sandblasting machine?
Great work!
@Donna-Marie, this is most ideal with a sandblaster. You might be able to use a high powered engraver with the right tip on a smooth stone to do this, but I have never tried it.
Am very impressed, but to me it’s the old story – how do you market your work?
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I LOVE THE WORK.
Chuck: I use a tile cutting blade to smooth the surfaces, and use acrylic sealer.
Josip: I use a rubber stencil mat that is hand cut and glued to rock.
Faye: I the first rock that we’ve done in my drive way over 8 years ago still holding paint like its new.
Donna-Marie Joseph : Drexel will work but you will be grinding a long time.
Patrick C : all our work is advertised by word of mouth and on my Facebook page due to cost of shipping it’s over a dollar per pound to ship but can ship smaller rocks.
Hi all new here but look forward to seeing all the great work an ideas. I have been at this for about ten yrs now . It’s lots of fun I engrave everything I can get my hands on .lol
@Bryan, welcome! I am sure we all look forward to hearing from you and seeing your work!
Your work is awesome. Beautiful done
-the color and reflection of the stone chaegns dramatically from inside the house to out. Also, the range of daylight has a significant affect on the look. The plastic-y look may just be a function of the time of day and angle of shot the color has a nice matte look most of the time.
I have a rather large rock that we would love to gave done with Woodard Farms. We are you located?
Karen: I’m located in western Arkansas.
Hello, where are you located? I’m looking for a sign about 3×5 saying The Townhomes of Whisper Creek. Any idea of the cost of something like that thanks
what acrylic sealer did you use?
Debbie I use Krylon clear gloss