[Jewelry making - Article 00023] - Re: [Orchid] [Texturing] Using paint airbrush on high karat gold

[frank goss]

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    Hank: I have been using an air eraser  to sandblast for about 5 years
    now. I found that the aluminum oxide does leave a flat grey finish ,
    but if you swithch to the glass bead media you will get the results
    you are looking for. I do a very small volume of sandblasting and feel
    that the air eraser is sufficient for my needs. I am sure that a
    production shop would quickly find it too small and not durable enough
    for production use. I do however like the precision of blasting that
    is provided by the air eraser. I find that masking is not as important
    because of the control of bead stream available. Frank Goss 


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