Sand blaster sand
For work with sand blaster you need different types of sandblasting abrasive.
This type of abrasive can be made from a lot of things.
Most commonly used abrasive in old times was sand. Sand blaster sand was widely available therefore it’s demand and also supply were quite high. Sand could also have different size of grains, so it could be used for removing color or for polishing surface.
Eventhough sand was commonly used it had quite few issues. Thing that probably most of you know is that sand produces a lot od dust. Now since sandblasting wasn’t over in like 5 minutes there was just to much dust. This made sandlbasting hard after some time, since dust was basically everywhere and was also very hazardous for peoples health.
This was one of main reasons for invention of new aprasives, ones which were better for health and produced less dust.
Nowadays you can use aliminuiun oxides, boron and silicin carbides, coal and copper slags or even walnut shell instead of sand blaster sand. Results will be even better since you can choose abrasive which is best suited for type af sandblasting you want to do.