[Jewelry making - Article 00425] - Re: [Orchid] Glass etching outside the US

[Noel Yovovich]

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>      I'm not planning on "blasting" with this sand, just trying the low
>     tech idea of standing on the chair and letting the sand fall on the
>     metal below. 

    Kay, OK, I can't hold myself back any longer, I'm going to stick my
    nose in. I find it very hard to believe that you're going to
    accomplish anything dropping sand eight feet onto silver. However, I
    can imagine that you *might* get somewhere blowing sand or abrasive
    with a blowpipe. This is basically a metal straw that is hinged in
    the middle so you use one half to blow air across the open end of the
    other half while the two halves are at right angles to each other.
    Think making a tone on a coke bottle. The vertical tube sticks into
    the sand or other material, and your blowing sucks it up and propells
    it forward. Very low tech. You can buy such a device at a
    graphics-type section of an art store, last I knew. Come to think of
    it, one could probably hook up one of these to an airbrush
    compressor, with a little ingenuity and some hose! Otherwise,
    consider flinging the sand at the silver, at least! And wear a filter
    mask of some sort. Good luck! --Noel (born kibbitzer) 


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