{"id":364,"date":"2020-02-26T12:03:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/2020\/02\/26\/sandblasting-vs-engraving\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T11:47:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:47:45","slug":"sandblasting-vs-engraving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/sandblasting-vs-engraving\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandblasting vs. Engraving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glass Sandblasting<\/strong> vs Laser Engraving: You Can See the Difference!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Are you getting ready to host an awards ceremony but feel stuck between choosing sandblasting or laser engraving for your awards? While both engraving methods are great, both have their pros and cons. A crystal medal, trophy, or plaque is a huge honour and can be proudly framed on a wall of time. Before making your decision, it\u2019s important to know why sandblasting is the superior choice when it comes to crystal or glass engraving.<\/p>\n

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Smooth to Touch with a High-Quality Finish<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also known as etching, sandblasting is a process that corrodes glass or crystal by blasting sand particles onto the surface of the object to create a frosting effect. With the use of a pressurised abrasive stream to cut into the surface, creating a deep and permanent mark, sandblasting gives superior results that far outweigh laser cutting.<\/p>\n

Boasting an even cut, not only does this method allow for considerable intricacy of design, but it achieves a high contrast in colour, a smooth touch, and a high-quality look to your product. When using this method to engrave your crystal awards, you are guaranteed a durable, superior-quality etching that will not chip or fade with time.<\/p>\n

While laser engraving is a widely used method for engraving awards, when applied on a tumbler, medal, or plaque, it can become unstable. In fact, the weaker the glass, the worse the laser engraving will turn out. For instance, when laser engraving a flute or goblet, you might get poor contrast that can leave a rough surface to touch. But with sandblasting, you get excellent results regardless of the object\u2019s quality.<\/p>\n

Sandblasting Gives the Best and Sharpest Cut <\/strong><\/p>\n

So why opt to sandblast instead of laser engrave crystal or glass? Simply put, laser engraving is a brilliant method for engraving metal trophies and acrylic or plastic awards. But when used on crystal, you will never get the clean, sharp look that sandblasting achieves. It is not only the best choice for engraving glass and crystal, it is, in fact, the prescribed method.<\/p>\n

We Design, Manufacture, Distribute, and Engrave\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a South African-based company that specialises in the design, manufacture, distribution, and engraving of trophies, medals, plaques and glassware for recognition, motivation, and excellence, we provide the highest-quality crystal-engraving services. Using the latest engraving technology, we have an in-house manufacturing and an engraving studio with a team of expert graphic artists and expert engravers that never fail to meet customer expectations and deadlines \u2014 and we deliver to your door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Feel stuck between choosing sandblasting or laser engraving for your awards? While both engraving methods are great, both have their pros and cons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awardsengravingglass-sandblasting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":650,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}