{"id":392,"date":"2020-09-29T04:39:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T02:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/2020\/09\/29\/glass-sandblasting\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T11:47:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:47:44","slug":"glass-sandblasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/glass-sandblasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass Sandblasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Great Go-To Glass Sandblasting Solutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Most people who have seen the stunning results of modern, artistic <strong>glass sandblasting <\/strong>techniques are astonished to learn that the basis and application of this procedure date back as far as 1870. This was when one Benjamin Chew Tilghman patented the first artificial <strong>sandblasting <\/strong>process. The process is also known as abrasive blasting because it utilises the abrasive characteristics of various media, especially sand.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Nature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandblasting<\/strong>, in its most natural form, takes place in the great deserts of the world, during notoriously huge dust or sand storms. Sand is an abrasive material, particularly when it\u2019s whipped up, borne and driven at high speeds in high wind conditions<strong>, <\/strong>which drive or blast the sand horizontally, until the wind\u2019s strength eases, dropping the sand particles back to the surface of the earth.<\/p>\n<p>Desert camels have evolved, developed, and adapted to withstand the <strong>sandblasting <\/strong>effects of such severe sandstorms. Their bodies are coated in rough, thick sand-coloured fur, which protects the underlying skin, while their feet are broad, allowing for optimal weight distribution when traversing desert environments like sand dunes and plains. For the protection of their vulnerable eyes, camels have particularly long and thick eyelashes, and they breathe through slit nostrils, which they\u2019re able to close to prevent the ingress of wind-borne sand.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone, who has ever been on a beach when the wind is blowing hard, will be all too familiar with the stinging, sore sensation on the body\u2019s sensitive skin, caused by wind-driven sand particles, peppering away at everything and everyone in its patch. Uncontrolled, sand travelling at extremely high speeds has the ability to wear away, damage, pit, and dull various human-made surfaces, such as paintwork, metals, and <strong>glass<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandblasting Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Modern humankind has found numerous uses for <strong>glass sandblasting <\/strong>in a host of practical interpretations and applications. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Converting a plain piece of <strong>glass <\/strong>into a work of creative art.<\/li>\n<li>Transforming clear <strong>glass<\/strong> into semi-opaque surfaces to provide a measure of privacy and a screening effect whilst still allowing some light to penetrate the material.<\/li>\n<li>Changing a plain, practical item into a designer d\u00e9cor element.<\/li>\n<li>A method of creating signage or permanent branding on a delicate surface or object, made of or covered by <strong>glass<\/strong>, be it a window, door, drinking vessel, trophy, award, plaque, or memento.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Specialised Branding Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Located in a Pretoria suburb, Trophy &amp; Medal Boutique offers wholesale and retail clients a comprehensive range of products and specialised services.<\/p>\n<p>The latter category \u2013 services \u2013 includes screen printing, pad printing, sublimation and heat transfer printing,\u00a0 digital printing, embroidery, laser, rotary and subsurface engraving, embossing, indoor and outdoor signage, and sought-after <strong>glass sandblasting, <\/strong>a delicate, precise art, craft and science, which is a sophisticated, attractive branding and customisation solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great Go-To Glass Sandblasting Solutions Most people who have seen the stunning results of modern, artistic glass sandblasting techniques are astonished to learn that the basis and application of this procedure date back as far as 1870. This was when one Benjamin Chew Tilghman patented the first artificial sandblasting process. The process is also known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","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=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":622,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}