Cheap Way to Sand Blast Large Glass

[Rich Fennessey]

Keith, you take care of yourself.

[Jamie Schmitz]

I really like the look of sandblasting on glass.I wonder if there also acids/chemicals that would produce the same effect w/o lifting the blast mat?

[Keith Outten]

Below are pictures of the last four glass panels installed in the Ferguson Center for the Arts.

[Keith Outten]

My Glass Hauler in front of the Ferguson Center.

Here is the link to the Ferguson Center for the Arts web site in case you are ever in our area.

http://fergusoncenter.cnu.edu/

[Jim Underwood]

Great job on those signs! And what a great solution! Affordable and doable.

[Scott Perry]

Nice job, Looks good.

I would be happy to do the job for the $75k or even $60k. I would even come up there and install them as long as you buy lunch. ;-)

[Rich Fennessey]

They fit in that room nicely. I'd like to give that a try some time - at least on a smaller scale.

[Baxter Gamble]

Pretty dog gone smart idea. Good Job.

[Keith Outten]

These types of jobs are certainly viable for almost any size business. You can outsource every step of the job or do any step you feel comfortable doing in your shop. Don't let the glass size scare you, large or small its the same process except the large projects keep the majority from bidding because they don't have large equipment.

With exception of the laser cutting we did the job outside on a patio

I'm all healed up from my bout with the common cold and ready for Monday morning......we start another big sign install. This building is the second one of three we started fabricating signs for in January. The third building install is next April, I'm gonna miss this one because I will retire from CNU January 9th I have just five weeks left to work at this point because I have scheduled vacation the first two weeks of December, the last two weeks we have our Christmas break.

I start marketing in my local area the first week of December and I'm real happy to return to my sign shop full time again
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[Tucker Alford]

Any reason to not etch in the reverse to protect the paint?

[Keith Outten]

Tucker,

The paint we used has a texture and we had to use a primer coat to get the final color we wanted. Given the location of these panels they are probably safe from abuse so the front side engraving should be ok in this case. I hope so
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[Mick A Martin]

Great job on the glass signs Keith did you install them yourself?

[Sotos Patistas]

Those look really great Keith! And right on the site of my old high school's auditorium. Looks way better now than it did back then. Homer L should be proud.

[Keith Outten]

Mick, I had a local glass company install these four panels because our work schedule is a bit tight. I have installed several other glass panels in this facility in the past.

Sotos, you know that we saved a large portion of Ferguson High School. The long hallways inside the academic section of the building are still there although they might not be as wide as you remember them.....the hall lockers were simply covered with sheet rock walls so they are still there behind the walls I started a thread recently in the CNC Forum that has a picture of a directory I installed in the Ferguson Center, look at how deep the doorway is in the picture. It was taken on what was the first floor front hallway at the center of the high school. Call me, I would be glad to give you a tour of the building but be quick as I only have a few more days left at CNU.
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[Sotos Patistas]

Keith, that would be awesome. I'm under deadline to get an order finished by Monday, so I'll try and track you down next week, likely Wednesday if that's good for you. Thanks for the offer!