Post #195857 by Sam Gambino on Tue, Nov 1, 2005 6:46 AM

Hey AA- I've made sandblasted signs in the past. It does well on metal if you don't want to sand it, but I don't think it would cut down on sanding the wood. When sandblasted signs are made, the sandblasting knocks the wood down exposing the ridges in the grain. The way I see it, it would better cut down on the digging out of the wood in the low spots. The higher spots are protected and kept flat by applying an adhesive rubber-type mask to it so that the sand bounces off of it instead of digging into the wood. You would cover the tiki in the adhesive mask, and cut out all of the low spots with an x-acto knife - then peel the rubber mask off everywhere where you want the deep spots in the wood, then take it to a sign company or monument company and have them sandblast it. The mask can be purchased at sign supply stores.