louis clarke ii

Table top etch... Compass Rose

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Looks great! I've been wanting to do the same with my living room end table top but with a mil dot reticle.

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Real Nice but I bet it was a pain in the ... with the air eraser filling it up so often but nice perseverance in completing it!

 

Butch 

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rlvied this is for you. How can I get a deeper cut? What do I need to use for a blaster and type media. What is the best stencil material to use. I'm using 651 and you can blow it out if you are not careful.

 

Thanks, Louis

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If you were to use a siphon gun and AO it would go way faster. I use a crushed porcelain that started out as 100 grit. It's probably getting down in the 180 size now getting recycled though the cabinet but I could blast that table in probably 5 minutes and you would feel the edges of the etch with your finger nail.  I have never tried my gun outside the cabinet to see just how messy it would be but outdoors you could certainly just use the gun and a bucket of garnet sand or find something like I did with the recycled toilets. If you go that route just beware of silica dust without a respirator and be sure to protect your clothing too so you don't take it back in your house. Silicosis is a real safety issue and I always try to point that out because a $3 bag of regular sand is very tempting to the hapless new sandblaster. 

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