Make Your Own Sandblaster and How To Use It

Step 3 Sandblasting

See what materials work!

Tetranitrate draws a smiley face (and subsequently, a frowny face) on his pants:



I sandblasted my jeans because I am struck by what a ripoff it is to pay $60 for sandblasted jeans.

The tshirt I sandblasted didn't change colors, but it felt thinner in that patch.

Later I sandblasted "DIY" onto the back of my left pant-leg. The intersection at the forks of the "Y" actually burnt/blasted through, giving it that rough, well-worn look. Want ripped jeans? Just sandblast them a little more.

Otherwise, metals are great, so is glass (especially glass - you can mask and sandblast wine glasses, or just give a frosty finish to anything you're working on.)

Industrially, sandblasting is used to evenly rough a surface before it is painted.

Also, don't do what I did! Take off your jeans if you want to sandblast them - my leg felt burnt for a few hours after blasting them.

(all the same, it was a blast - I didn't take them off because this was impromptu and I couldn't, y'know, take them off there in public and all..)