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In the
foreground of this photo is a sandblasted tile that will
form one part of another icon. |
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photos show a couple of tiles that have been sandblasted. The
rubber mask has not yet been removed. Note how the white
rubber is discoloured along the edges where it has been
bombarded by the sand. The sandblasting heats the rubber and
if it gets too hot it turns brown. |
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| There
were a lot of granite icon tiles and they pretty well filled
all the floor and bench space of the two work areas in
the studio. Fortunately, we had the use of a pallet jack that
made moving the granite laden pallets a lot easier. After
masking, the pallets had to moved outside for sandblasting and
then back into the shop to be painted.
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The masks were not removed until the sandblasted
areas were painted white. Although there is a lot of contrast
between the polished and sandblasted areas when the granite is
dry, this contrast virtually disappears when the stone is wet.
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