Sand Blaster

[SeeJaysPlace]

Has anyone etched glass with a sand blaster?

[Sweetness4713]

A couple of people have done that method here...

[SeeJaysPlace]

I'm trying to figure out what kind of air compressor to get for my sandblaster to use it on glass and what kind of tip they use
and the vinyl

[Butterfly]

I have been doing it for a few years now. but I have never done it using any thing from the cricut. I always cover my glass usually mirror with contact printed what I wanted and spray glued the paper to my contact cut it out with a exacto knife and blasted it. I have a cabinet for the small stuff and an old made over 50 gallon drum with a old storm window to see through for the large objects. I'm not sure how much pressure I used I will have to ask if he remembers what we set it at, but I will and let you know. But it is so beautiful when you are done nothing like the etching cream.

[bob proulx]

I do sanblasting and I use my cricut to cut my vinyl and it works very well, I use 3 mil painters mask. As far as the compressor I would need to know what kind of sandblasting system you have, is it a pressure pot or a syphon system. When looking at compressors it's not the horsepower your looking at it's the cfm (cubic feet per minute). I belong to a great sand carving forum and if you interested in sandblasting they are a great group and very helpful.

Here is the link:

http://www.cuttingedgesandcarving.com/forums/index.php

If you decide to join this forum they appreciate that you introduce yourself in the parlor.
Hope this helps.
Bob

[SeeJaysPlace]

wow i did join that forum..

and mine is not a pressure pot, its just a bucket with a hole in the bottom for the sand to go to the gun
i'll take a image of what happening to mine

[Butterfly]

Mine is the same as yours SeeJay and we use a steady 26 pounds of pressure to do it. I have not done any in a while because we were out trucking, But I am getting back into it now. I just love the way it looks on mirror almost like diamond dust.

[SeeJaysPlace]

If you sandblast the mirror in the front you get a mirror image of the text your doing

but if you sandblast the back of the mirror you don't get that mirror image
and i put a frame around it and put a little neon light in the back of it so it glows thru
they turn out awesome.. but i always out sourced my sandblasting so i'm trying to get my
compressor working now i have a 4HP 44Galon Colman I'm trying to get working
http://www.arkansas-ope.com/COLEMAN_043-0151.html
that's the part that is busted on mine so now i'm just making mirror's waiting to use my sand blaster

So do you have a regulator on your line? and you keep it at %15 sand %85 air is what i herd is a good mixture