Brian Gray
Posts: 339
Joined: 2004-01-21
Location: Sandusky, OH
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I've seen these discussions as well, and I've noticed that everyone that mentions silver sand is from England. I'm wondering if it's a term for sand that we don't use over here...like an elevator is a lift....perhaps the stuff that you buy at pet stores here is the same, but a different regional name.
I've always used the finest sandblasting sand that I can get locally. I think that once you get to a certain "fineness" it's overkill to fret over your sand. I don't think that standard playsand is the way to go (it's too granular and not a consistent size), but anything that is super-fine and consistent will do the job.
When I was out visiting Silas Kopf and Julie Godfrey, they both used sand from an exotic beach. If I remember correctly, Julie's was Tunisian sand, and Silas's was from some other stranger place. But for them, it seemed almost more like a friendly competition to get sand from the wierdest place...doesn't mean that sand from Tunisia is the world's best for shading....
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