I was first introduced to abrasive blasting in my early teenage years while restoring my first classic car, a Triumph Spitfire. This car was known to have a lot of rust problems and blasting was a perfect solution to help restore it. Ever since then, I have restored a rusty '67 Mercury Cougar and am currently working on a '68 Pontiac Firebird. It wasn't until several years later that I got interested in the hobby of using my blaster to engrave designs into glass and rock. I have also worked for a landscaping company specializing in sandblasting artistic designs into rocks. I decided to create this website to blog about the cool things that one can do with sandblasting, provide information about sandblasters with solutions to problems such as flow, and to write about my current car restoration projects. I also market and sell informational materials such as the Sandblaster Plans which shows you how to make your own and my Fix Sandblaster Abrasive Problems & Modification Manual which can be downloaded at any time of day. All you need is a credit card or Paypal account. I pride myself on some of the helpful solutions and provide a 30 day money back guaranteed if it wasn't helpful. I appreciate you checking out my site. You can review any of my latest blog posts below. Comments are welcome and encouraged!
I’ve discussed the different materials manufacturers use to make tips here. As you may recall, I also mentioned that there are at least 3 different types of carbides used. But first, let me explain why carbide nozzles are important for many of you. If you blast with aggressive abrasive such as aluminum oxide or silicon
Order some of the highest quality composite carbide sandblaster nozzles around. Manufactured from Kennametal, ROCTEC nozzles are the longest lasting and best wear resistance tips around. Details: Save money in the long run. Save time so you don’t have to replace nozzles often. Lasts 15-20 times longer than tungsten carbide and up to 5 times
A visitor recently asked me a question about a unit some guy he saw that combined his system with a pressure washer for carving into rocks. Pressure washers can be converted with kits to create a type of wet blaster as explained here: https://www.sandblasterinfo.com/pressure-washer-sandblasting/. They are mainly used to get better cleaning power out of
I’ve been asked a lot about how to clean wood that has been burned in a house fire with a sandblaster. Even though I don’t have a lot of experience with this, I included a video and tips on what you will want to do. Tips for Sandblasting Burnt Wood Use a soft blasting media
A subscriber, Steve D. wrote to me asking about an issue he was having with sandblast etching. It produced a whiter frosted etching around the edges of the stencil on colored glass. He provided the below information: Can you help me understand why I’m getting a frosted outline in the blasted area? Depth is same
If you use the pressure pot sandblaster, you may realize that most of the ball valves are usually made out of brass. Brass is a soft metal, and that works just fine for controlling the on/off flow of air to your tank. But most of the companies making these units are installing brass valves where
Recently, I set out to design an affordable, but long lasting nozzle that would allow the abrasive to be adjustable. What I did was combined the variable flow footswitch idea with the idea from this nozzle set up, shown on Amazon here. So this new one is the best of both of these. I wanted
As you know, there are an unlimited amount of ideas and designs to sandblast into rocks. One of my favorite projects is to carve into garden rocks with inspirational quotes. It adds a great decorative item and embeds a meaningful quote to the person who will receive the rock. The rock shown in the picture
Whether you sandblast for a hobby or income, one popular idea is to sandcarve an address into a rock which is displayed on people’s front yards. It is a great way to add some uniqueness to landscaping projects while helping to mark the address on people’s home. The address rock shown above with the hummingbird
A while back, I meet someone that engraved rocks with college logos and sold them at local craft and garden shows. As you might expect, these were a much bigger hit than some of the non-copyright designs. Of course, the whole reason designs are in copyright is to prevent someone from profiting from their organization’s