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Offline Hayseedboy

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Roughing up the slate
« on: October 30, 2008, 11:47:34 AM »
All,

What grit sand paper do you use to rough up your slate before using it?  150?  400?

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Re: Roughing up the slate
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2008, 02:02:37 PM »
120 for me.  That way, when the customer goes to play on it, no matter what striker they use, it will grab.  If they happen to have more grabby strikers, I also include a chunk of VERY FINE scotch brite pad for their use.  (You can buy it by the box on Amazon.com).

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Re: Roughing up the slate
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2008, 02:02:19 PM »
For slate I use the scotch brite. For the copper and glass surfaces I use the sanding mesh in 180 for dry wall as a maintainer after etching the glass. The copper surface I use 150 to 180 grit. You can use rougher or finer on the metal calls to vary the tone or pitch a bit as well. :D
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Re: Roughing up the slate
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2008, 10:12:43 PM »
For slate I use Scotchbrite as well. For glass and crystal I use etching cream
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