How To Etch Glass & Sandblast Mirrors [Complete Guide]
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2019
- Learn how to remove mirror coating from a mirror by sandblasting and drilling holes. How? By making an etched mirror clock! 🕑
Sandblasting is where you use compressed air to blow an abrasive material to remove a part of the mirror coating to illuminate your specific design. You can add lights, or any other special effects that you find interesting. You might have heard of it being called a Lighted Mirror as well! 💎
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Informative video! It seems like an interesting process, I might have to try something like that soon!
Thank you! It's also a lot of fun, so I hope you get the chance to create your own project and enjoy the experience while loving the outcome!
Thanks for sharing this Hanna, I have a really nice Tacoma Company upgraded HF blast cabinet and always would like to try etching mirror and glass. This video gave me some great info to start with! Thanks again and Best Regards, Ray
Thank you, Ray! I would love to see pictures of your sandblasting project when it's finished!
Well that voice has sorted out my ear wax problem…cutting through like hot knife in butter😮
Glad it helped!
Thnx for infrmtion
I have one qst : What do you put inside the spray gun?
Here's the sandblaster we use! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GTMI3M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (there are more details on the page about how to use it)
Hello just one question, which mask tape did you used? Usual one for painting or some other type of tape? Thank you 😀
And one more question which compresor did u used
The usual one for painting. and we used a regular air compressor with our sandblaster.
Makes you think,,,
what grit did you use and pressure of the gun
Great question! I'll have to look into that for you.
man i would have just used my cricut machine to cut stencil in vinyl. great work still
That's a good idea, thanks for sharing
Hello I am an artist and I hand draw pictures on the back of mirrors then using a Dremel like tool I etch the mirror from the backside then I build a frame and add lights behind it. I am currently working on one that is of a dragon. Now mind you I'm not the greatest artist there are artists out there that serpass my talents buy 3 fold anyway I was watching your tutorial on etching and laughing mirrors and thought I would share this comment
That is awesome! Thank you for sharing!
Currently I etch, make the frame, and add lights to the back of the mirror. Been trying to figure out how to turn my pieces into a clock.
Sounds like a cool project! Usually a clock is disassembled, then reassembled after drilling a hole into a mirror for the dials.
@@OpticalMirror that makes sense. I thought about doing that but wasn't sure. If you have an Instagram page u can check out a few of my pieces @ designsbycjllc
That is an amazing job. I have a question what kind of sand or media grit you use
Thank you! We use Aluminum Oxide!
Thank you so much. 0h one last question what is the Grid?
Hello Hanna and and John, thanks much for the excellent content but your video was extremely hard to watch due to the audio level and horrible music (?). Hanna's voice was loud clear, the "music" was very loud but John's voice was soft and hard to hear unless my volume control was advanced making the rest of the audio unbearable. I found myself with my hand on the volume knob turning it up and down the entire time. Just my input for your future videos.
Gud evening madam pls share me, how to etch the plexiglass for the sign board name, what chemical need for etch GBU
Hi! We used a hand held sandblaster with aluminum oxide!
Por favor usen un gabinete para sandblast. Protejan sus pulmones. A la plantilla de plástico le pueden aplicar por detrás pegamento en aerosol. Así se ahorran un paso y la pueden reutilizar. He grabado muchos espejos así.
Thanks for the tips!
Do you have any tips or tricks on sandblasting? Tell me about them! Feel free to post comments about your current projects, or something that you would like to see us do! :)
What kind of sandblaster do you use? And what kind of sand?
Speedblaster White - Model 007B Blue (sand reviews are in related products)
I have been working for ten years now in sand blasting an we only use fine and soft sand, we never used Aluminium Oxide
Can you deliver this mirror
Yes, glad to quote any project you're working on!
Hey! I am not working on glass
What are you working on?
You can use cutter machine for cutting 😐
Thanks for the feedback!