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Another Gentle Abrasive Material
Bill Welch
Another gentle abrasive material are pulverized walnut shells. I remember seeing a show about repairing and upgrading Army and Marine HUMVEE's and they were using this material to remove paint. I have seen them advertised or carried by someone, maybe Harbor Freight.
Interestingly such things as fountain pens nibs are polished by being tumbled in walnut shells.
Bill Welch
Interestingly such things as fountain pens nibs are polished by being tumbled in walnut shells.
Bill Welch
jerryglow2
A friend in SoCal was an ammo reloader and used walnut shell in a vibrator to clean his brass (probably not recommended for our brass)
Jerry Glow
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--- In STMFC@..., "lnbill" <fgexbill@...> wrote:
Another gentle abrasive material are pulverized walnut shells. I remember seeing a show about repairing and upgrading Army and Marine HUMVEE's and they were using this material to remove paint. I have seen them advertised or carried by someone, maybe Harbor Freight.
Interestingly such things as fountain pens nibs are polished by being tumbled in walnut shells.
Bill Welch
Charlie Vlk
For those of you who are thinking, "Great, but where the hell am I going to get walnut shells and what can I use to grind them into a uniform, small size?".......
They are sold in any fine Hobby Shop under the stealth label of "Woodland Scenics Ballast". Large (O Scale), Medium (HO) and Fine (N).
I don't know if the "Fine" size is small enough to work in blaster heads but at least it will give you a base material to use in your wife's (probably soon to be ex-) coffee grinder
or food processor.
Charlie Vlk
They are sold in any fine Hobby Shop under the stealth label of "Woodland Scenics Ballast". Large (O Scale), Medium (HO) and Fine (N).
I don't know if the "Fine" size is small enough to work in blaster heads but at least it will give you a base material to use in your wife's (probably soon to be ex-) coffee grinder
or food processor.
Charlie Vlk
jerryglow2
They are usually used in a vibrator type machine or at least that's how I've seen them used.
Jerry Glow
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--- In STMFC@..., "Charlie Vlk" <cvlk@...> wrote:
For those of you who are thinking, "Great, but where the hell am I going to get walnut shells and what can I use to grind them into a uniform, small size?".......
They are sold in any fine Hobby Shop under the stealth label of "Woodland Scenics Ballast". Large (O Scale), Medium (HO) and Fine (N).
I don't know if the "Fine" size is small enough to work in blaster heads but at least it will give you a base material to use in your wife's (probably soon to be ex-) coffee grinder
or food processor.
Charlie Vlk
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