[TheForge] post sand blasting

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

Hi Karen:
Sand blasters are neat! You can literally carve steel, glass or stone 
with them.
The rough surface has a lot of extra surface area leaving it very 
vulnerable to rust.
Different blast media produce different finishes.
Wax works..any sealant almost, will work for a while....indoors. Keep 
reapplying it for maintenance.
And you can get much fancier from there
Fingerprints, oil, dust from the blasting get in the way.
We recently had a related discussion.

On 11/4/2010 11:23 AM, ~K~ wrote:
> Hey other metal folks!
>
> I just got overly excited about a sand blaster I had access to for an afternoon. I took the scale off a little steel piece I made. Forgot how porous it makes the steel. Is there a coating I can put on the will stop the finger marks but maintain at least a bit of the finish? Wax maybe?
>
> ~Karen~
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