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| bry1975:
Anyone tried the stonewashing process? it certainly looks cool and probably quite similar to abrasive blasting. |
| dickda1:
Could you explain a bit how you stonewash a part? -Dick |
| Brass_Machine:
Almost looks like bead blasted. What is the process? Eric |
| bry1975:
I believe it's tumbling/barrelling. "Bill Coye from Tulsa does a very nice stone wash finish. He has a vibrator and buys two different media "rocks" from Brownell and spray WD-40 into the mix. His come out a very nice smoothe finish. " http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=15923 |
| PTsideshow:
It is an effect called stone washing as it should resemble the effect on the stone washed jeans. Depending on the size and assortments of shapes and amounts of media a harder type media like ceramic works better. The thin oil is so less rusting rather than if a water based fluid is used. With a smaller nozzled blaster and media and a light touch one could duplicate the soft bead blasted look. It is also called matte effect in some circles. |
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