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Top 5 Troubleshooting Tips for Non-Compressed Air or Abrasive in Sandcarving
Note: Depending on your sandcarving system, these procedures may vary. Check the regulator – is it turned off? Make certain that…
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What’s one way to make the sandcarving process more efficient?
There are numerous ways to make a sandcarving operation efficient. Creating good digital art is crucial to achieve higher quality…
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Dress Up Corporate Awards with Simple Stage Carving
Unique to sandcarving, stage carving is a quick and easy process to add to your bag of tools to help…
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What is the difference between sandcarving with aluminum oxide versus silicon carbide?
Though silicon carbide is more expensive than aluminum oxide, it cuts twice as fast, lasts much longer, does not get…
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When washing out sandcarving film, why do the small details dissolve, move, or delaminate?
This has several possible causes: most likely, underexposure or over washing. Underexposure can be corrected by following the exposure schedule…
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Selecting a Sandcarving System: Pressure pot versus siphon-fed blaster
Pressure pot blasters not only work faster (up to four times faster) than siphon-fed blasters, but they also allow for…
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How should I prepare glass for etching?
Glass should be cleaned thoroughly with a commercial glass cleaner, such as PhotoBrasive’s Glass and Surface Cleaner. Ammonia-based cleaners are…
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Test the Density of Your Sandcarving Film
It is important that the black areas can block UV light, but toner that looks dense on vellum may actually…
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How to Dry Washout Film
Washout film should be dried vertically to avoid standing water, or in a cabinet-style dryer with circulating warm air. Flat-drying…
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What size air compressor should I use?
The size of your air compressor will vary with the size of nozzle and type of blaster. For example, a…
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Sandcarving SOS: Image won’t completely develop/wash out
This is probably caused by lack of density in the artwork. This allows UV light to partially expose areas of…
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Is sandcarving safe for my health or the environment?
When used as directed, sandcarving products and their debris are environmentally safe. Sandcarving equipment has come a long way since…
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