Sandblasting stainless steel

[butnz 0]

Has anyone tried to sandblast stainless steel coffee mugs?

I'm thinking that I could mask off the design and and blast the annodozed layer (aluminum) or create the design in a stainless steel travel mug.

Does anybody have a source for those?

Thanks

[midwaste 4]

I found a few cheap brushed travel mugs at Big Lots or something and tried them.    It works fine, but be careful with the cheap plastic lids when removing the tape and vinyl.

[bigjimt 1]

I never tried Stanlless but I would think good stainless would be hard to blast.......

maybe a frosted look at best

[butnz 0]

A frosted look would be fine for the stainless.  That would be all that I would expect.

I'm thinking that if I blasted some of the colored aluminum flasks/bottles, that it would blast off the color pretty easily and give me a sharp image.

[butnz 0]

I found a few cheap brushed travel mugs at Big Lots or something and tried them.    It works fine, but be careful with the cheap plastic lids when removing the tape and vinyl.

Thanks.  I'll give them a try.  I also have a WallyMart nearby that probably has something cheap to try it on.

[bigjimt 1]

I think your right there...........the color would be gone I am sure

just be silver

[Jay2703 704]

Would probably look like laser etching.

Jay

[butnz 0]

Would probably look like laser etching.

Jay

Laser ecthing without the laser.  I'd be happy with that.

[Guest crshirts]

The lines on unicorn were etched with laser before it was cut out,

sandblasting will give a nice frosted look if you use

al. oxide or silicon carbide.

this is 16ga stainless

Carl

[butnz 0]

The lines on unicorn were etched with laser before it was cut out,

sandblasting will give a nice frosted look if you use

al. oxide or silicon carbide.

this is 16ga stainless

Carl

That Unicorn is nice.  A laser etcher isn't quite in the budget....yet.

[knucklehead 530]

I'm fixin' to experiment on some SS flask. I'll post up the results.