Just a quick question. Does anybody know a tried and true method of achieving a sand blasted appearance without using a sandblaster? (Even rather off the wall possibilities.)
Alternative To "Blast" Finish?
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I assume you mean besides rustication, done with a tool like this followed by a wire brush?
Rustication of a certain kind comes close enough that people often confuse the two, but other or most rustication looks nothing like sandblast. With sandblast you can usually see the actual patterns of the grain, and some rustication suggests that, though you can usually tell the difference if you look closely. Brushed rustication looks nothing like sandblast to me, but it can give a nice texture done right.
Yes. I know it is an attempt to "reinvent the wheel," but finishes have become rather stagnant in their creation/invention ect.
Have you checked out/asked at the Pipe Maker's Forum: pipemakersforum.com - Index page - http://www.pipemakersforum.com/forum/ ?
Not that we're chasing you out, but some of the guys over there who don't come here might have some good ideas.
Not that we're chasing you out, but some of the guys over there who don't come here might have some good ideas.
Yes and they are very very knowledgeable. I threw it out here because
St. Pete, people on Forums occasionally call a rustication a blast, and I've seen it on some retail sites. A patient craftsman can get that effect without meaning any deception, just a nice even texturing. You can tell the difference for lack of grain pattern, but there is a resemblance. Sorry, no ready examples come to hand.
Yeah, rustication and sandblasting seem to be as commonly mislabeled and confused by people like tongue bite and tongue burn. I had to do some googling to educate myself on the differences between both.
Oh....oh....nope, I won't get started. The lack of understanding between the two are a personal pet peeve of mine that I tend to rant on if I get started.?
I once “handblasted” one of my pipes using a dremel and a few other things to get somewhat of an authentic sandblast look.
Earlier this year, I saw a couple of pipes from a west Asian pipe maker that had been treated with a yakisugi/shou sugi ban technique. Risky, but the resulting texture was very similar to that of a sandblast. I'm ashamed that I don't remember the name of the maker now.
Well, your pic of bark gave me a bit of an idea. Why not look for a texture (tree bark, oxidised metal, &c.) that you like and then try to replicate it in the pipe?
Walt Connoy also makes a “molting” rustication which I think is really awesome.
That's one example of the technique, but there's more that can be done with it. A little dye and some sanding can give interesting results.
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