blasting

[shakedownlenny]

Just wondering what you do to claen all the abrasive off your pieces after threy come out of the blaster. I tried rinsing with water but it leaves water marks.
Can u polish them wi th something? any input would be grateful.
lenny

[Mecha]

Soap and water with a distilled water rinse. I have hard water where I live and if I do not use distilled for the final rinse, I end up with water marks as well.

[VOORHEES]

After you rinse the abrasive off, use a veggie oil and a rag and oil that sucker up!

[Mecha]

+1 on the veg oil.

Linseed oil gives it a nice finish when it drys as well. Sometimes the nice dry, dusty unlustered look is cool too. I guess it depends on what aesthetic you are aiming for.

I have also heard you can use armor all.

[Swampy]

water marks, as in where it dries inside a tube?


what I do is wash like Mecha said, then blow it out with an airline, inside and outside. If your compressor is new-ish you shouldn't have any issue with compressor oil getting in the airline.

[ALIEN!]

+1 on the veg oil.

Linseed oil gives it a nice finish when it drys as well. Sometimes the nice dry, dusty unlustered look is cool too. I guess it depends on what aesthetic you are aiming for.

I have also heard you can use armor all.

Careful storing your oily rags. A lady in my grandmothers neighborhood left some rags damp with linseed oil in a bag in her garage, half the house is sitting there charred to a crisp right now. Always store oily rags in a steel container. Sorry, its just fresh on my mind, and we have enough fire hazards as is.

[somewhere]

vegi oil like most oils will foul and when it goes it will yellow and stink. I found out the hard way.
I'd go with armor all, rain ex, or a water sealer such as Thomsin's depending on what effect you want.
I use a product called Brock's liquid luster and it's awesome. Great if you really want your work to be archival. You can buy it from His Glassworks. It does have a learning curve but hands down the best sealer I've used. Also isn't cheap but it does go a long way.

If you want to preserve the raw look just use alcohol and recommend the buyer to do the same to remove finger prints and oil.

[VOORHEES]

I forgot about Liquid Luster...I've never used it but I've heard it'e awesome!!

[lucidvisions]

If it's not a pipe or a functional piece you can use spray Matte Finish.

Josh

[Mecha]

vegi oil like most oils will foul and when it goes it will yellow and stink. I found out the hard way.
I'd go with armor all, rain ex, or a water sealer such as Thomsin's depending on what effect you want.
I use a product called Brock's liquid luster and it's awesome. Great if you really want your work to be archival. You can buy it from His Glassworks. It does have a learning curve but hands down the best sealer I've used. Also isn't cheap but it does go a long way.

If you want to preserve the raw look just use alcohol and recommend the buyer to do the same to remove finger prints and oil.

Thanks for the heads up on veg oil. I have never kept a piece long enough to see this happen. Sounds nasty though.

I use the liquid luster stuff on non functional pieces too. It is definitely the best. It is pricey, but you are right about it going far. I have had the same small container for well over a year. Be sure to use under your vent hood as that stuff gives off some seriously noxious fumes.

[Swampy]

For filling fine lines, what I've used a lot of is Rub n' Buff.

So after you get your mind out the gutter I'll explain this is what's used to fill lettering on engraved glass....

after removing your stencil and cleaning the piece, apply a tiny dab of RnB from the tube to a tissue...

leave for just a few minutes, use the same tissue to polish off the RnB.

as if by magic, it adheres to the engraved areas and polishes cleanly off the shiney parts.

particularly effective if used in reverse, as in; engraving an image in a paperweight then what you see from the front has even more embossed effect.

it contains real gold and carnuba wax, mixed by rolling between the succulent breasts of Maya maidens.

I can supply this stuff in various gold finishes (antique, bright, also copper) at a special members-only introductory price of $2000/tube.

rep me now, fucker.

[ACE]

wd 40.

seriously.

[shakedownlenny]

thnaks for the all the suggestions I'll do some exipermenting
lenny