Glass Sand Blasting

Glass Sand Blasting

Glass Sand Blasting

Is a subtractive process of etching adesign on a piece of glass.

Glass Sand Blasting

The design is created by making astencil which is applied to the surface of

the glass.

Glass Sand Blasting

The sandblasting design must be REVERSED!

Glass Sand Blasting

The sandblasting design must be REVERSED!

Glass Sand Blasting

The sandblasting design must be REVERSED!

Glass Sand Blasting

Once the design has been cut the glass is placed in a sand blast cabinet.

Glass Sand Blasting

Using high pressure and an abrasive the etching process begins.

Glass Sand Blasting

Inside the cabinet is a gun which mixes high air pressure and abrasive compound.

Glass Sand Blasting

Arms go into the cabinet through access holes.

Glass Sand Blasting

Hands go into protective gloves inside the cabinet that allow the user to manipulate the gun and glass.

Glass Sand Blasting

Abrasive compounds can be a variety of materials and grits.

Glass Sand Blasting

Stencils are created from a material that resists the effect of the abrasive.

Glass Sand Blasting

Mask material is applied to the glass, the designs are cut, and areas to be etched

are removed to expose the glass .

Glass Sand Blasting

Stencils are applied to the glass, the designs are cut and areas to be etched

are removed to expose the glass .

Glass Sand Blasting

Since sandblasting is a subtractive process, blasted areas appear frosted

while the un-blasted area is clear.

Sandblasting is one type of media blasting.

Media Blasting is the same as sandblasting only using other

materials as the blasting media.

Other types of media include baking soda, walnut shells, aluminum oxide, steel shot, glass beads and a variety of

other products.

Media Blasting is used in many different industries for a

variety of reasons.

Wood clean up and restoration

Manufacturing parts clean up

Automotive restoration and body work

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True fashion victims: Median survival of six years for patients with silicosis due to jeans sandblasting. Young men diagnosed with silicosis from sandblasting jeans face a bleak prognosis. This occupational hazard is mortal and needs to be prevented. This is the message Turkish doctors conveyed at the 20th Annual Congress of the European Respiratory Society. Over the last decade, silica sand has been widely used in sandblasting of jeans in Turkey resulting in an epidemic of silicosis. The first case of sandblasting silicosis was described 8 years ago, defined as silicosis caused by jeans sandblasting. A new study examines clinical outcomes of young men who suffered disability or death from working in the textile industry.

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Sand Blasting is a subtractive process, not an additive process.

Glass Sand Blasting

Glass Sand Blasting

One of the most common questions, asked is, “Mr Craft I

accidently made a mistake, can I wash this off and redo it?”

Glass Sand Blasting

NO!

You are not putting anything on the glass.

Glass Sand Blasting

You are actually etching, putting tiny little chips into, the surface of

the glass. It is abrasive, subtractive means removing.

You are actually removing glass.

Glass Sand Blasting

It is abrasive, or subtractive, which means you are actually

removing glass.

Glass Sand Blasting

You can conceivably blast a hole through the surface of the glass.