Good Day Eric
I am Shaun from Walvis Bay Namibia / South Africa – Neighboring Country.
In Namibia we do not have these equipment or materials, South Africa do have, but only for glass sandblasting.
And the only film they do sell is the 3mm film, they say there is no market for the 5mm film, and stencil cutters to cut sandblasting stencils for stone.
I do not think they know what can be done with sandblasting, I will be doing this for a working hobby, a hobby that can generate money.
Sandblasting small pieces of glass – wedding photos – wine bottles in our small community will not be profitable, but allot of tourist do come and visit Namibia, I will do some sandblasting of our Animals from Namibia and African art on stones and rock collected from our Desert area, that I think that will give it just that bit more value.
The sites that I have visited : SCM ENGRAVING and RAYZIST very inspirational
I do like the scm engraving one ( ALTIMATE ADVATAGE SYSTEM ).
I do want to buy artistic sand blasting equipment, if that is what you call it – A MUST IN THIS YEAR.
I did allot of searching on the internet , but I do need to speak to someone that do have experience and can give advice on equipment and maybe advise whom to contact for buying these equipment.
I do want to do sandblasting on Glass and Stone, to do sandblasting on stone I understand that you do need different equipment ( sandblasting stone – stencil cutting), and like I said I have no knowledge of equipment.
It will be greatly appreciated if you could help this guy from Namibia.
My Response:
Hi Shaun,
For starting, you can check out my sandblasting wine bottle tutorial and check out my other website called Glass Etching Secrets. I dedicated this site to that sort of thing. My sandblaster manual also has a bonus tutorial to check out.
Check out our Sandblasting Supplies
Gravity-Fed Sandblaster
Portable, Quick & Easy Setup
Unique Nozzle Holders & Hose Systems
Check out our Longer-Lasting Nozzle Tips
Select from ceramic or various carbides. Large C1 sizes & regular C2 sizes
The trigger on the Harbour Freight sandblaster that comes with the pressure tank pot easily gets carved out and becomes useless. I found a solution; buy a ball valve with a stainless steel ball in it (not brass or plastic) and install it before the hand held part and use it to turn on and off the flow of abrasive and just forget the worn out flap that comes with it. It takes a little getting used to, but is just fine. Combine that with the retrofit that Eric sells plans for and you are getting closer to being “in business”. I found that valve at Fastenal and the other parts to adapt the handheld piece.