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I'm curious if anyone uses sandblasting for cleaning up their prints. If not, what's your favorite way to clean them up?

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[–] exploding_whale@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think nylon does well with sliding friction, but have some concerns about whether it would hold up well to the kind of sharp edges you tend to have with abrasive media. That's from some observation on both commercial rock tumblers, industrial ball mills, and abrasive blasting equipment. I won't say I know enough from experience to say it will work for sure though.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

won’t say I know enough from experience to say it will work for sure though. there's "working" and then there's optimal. lol. pretty sure you could drop some media in a martini mixer and hand it over to sugar-crazed kiddies and have it "work". I accept no responsibility for that inevitable disaster,

that said, I suspect that depends on the kind of media used. sandy grit in a water solution or something would probably be fine.

[–] exploding_whale@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Now that you mentioned it, I have a toddler and a cocktail shaker already. I'll slap some ducktape on the lid and hope to contain some disaster.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I suspect this comes with the benefit of burning off some of the kid's energy and entertaining the kid for HOURS