Questions about by various products, techniques, and processes asked by visitors. These may be helpful for people just getting started.
Does Armour Etch harm plumbing? (I’m concerned about rinsing it down the drain.) Armour Etch and other hobby creams do not really harm plumbing, but it can etch your porcelain or ceramic sinks if any residue isn’t washed off quickly. People wash the acid cream down the drain all the time. I always recommend that
Hi Eric, I have been etching/carving for three years. I am self taught, but my items have turned out well. I enter the State Fair of Oklahoma every year since I started carving and have won first place every year. I have just been asked to do some windows in Mike Gundy head coach for
Hi Eric, I recently set up my sandblast cabinet. I also have my micro sandblaster set up, but I’m still wondering which vinyl cutter to purchase. My goal is as I said before…sand carve glass and stone. The cutter you mention is the Creation Pcutter. I have read that it’s a great cutter, “but” cutting
Eric, I am curious; I found several small hobby sandblasters online for not much money at all. I am just looking into them; are they worth the money, if you do a low volume of work? I am a graduate student, and most of my money goes to tuition, so I am wary. Suggestions? Roger
Do you know of any solution I could use to etch Stainless steel? Thanks I have used the sandblasting method on steel objects before, and it worked okay. You can see a picture of a metal knob that I etched with a logo. It’s hard to get the stencil resist to stay on without being
Eric, I have extensively surfed the WWW with an interest towards sand carving. Yes, there are a number of outfits selling complete packages for many thousands of dollars and then once you have bought in, you need to continue to buy supplies, materials, products from them. I thought there must be a way of getting
Eric, I’ve been shopping around for what kind of photo resist film to get when I do my stencils. What do you recommend for me to buy? I want to do fairly detailed artwork and don’t want to buy the additional darkening toner solution. I saw something called Rapidmask high detail which doesn’t require washout
So nice of you personally answering my message about the Cricut machines. I mentioned SCM because someone posted on a forum about selling one of their systems. It sells for $2400, and she was asking $1500. Yesterday I got her down to $1000 and am going to take it. I just have to buy the
Hi Eric, I was looking for a pressure pot blaster and saw something on harbor freight’s website. www.harborfreight.com/20-lb-capacity-pressurized-abrasive-blaster-40925.html Is this what I can use to sandcarve into the glassware? Also, what is the best kind of media to use? What are your thoughts on a soda blasters on their website? Thanks Eric Stephen Stephen, Yes,
I bought your book. Luckily, I have a Harbor Freight nearby! One of the bummers about your tips was about cutting designs out by hand. Wouldn’t you say that one of those “Cricut” machines that scrapbookers use work for patterns? You load vinyl in the machine and it will cut out fairly intricate designs. They
Eric, I am interested in HF acid etching, and stage carving through sand blasting. Thank you, Oz Oz, Rather, the information is about getting inexpensive cheaper equipment that no other place talks about. The whole reason I wrote it is to help people save money by using free software and low cost effective equipment. Basically,
