Simulate sandblasting with Dremel?

freewheeling

freewheeling

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I recently sculpted a G10 scale for my Southard but since it was smooth had to send it out to be sandblasted to get some texture back in it. I have some other scales that are almost mirror smooth and I'm trying to figure out an easy and effective way to texture them. Is there some Dremel attachment that might simulate sandblasting or some other not-ugly form of texturing? Don't know if this is the right forum for this sort of question. It seems to mostly be about blade sharpening.
 
There is a wheel that does that kind of texturing. It's not for dremel, but for bench grinders if you have one. It kind of looks like a brush but it's lengths of spring steel wire. It burnishes rather than abraids.
 
You might get the results you are looking for with the Dremel medium or course grit finishing abrasive buffs.
 
I have dimpled a pair of of grips fora good friends Becker. I used a 1/8 round carbide burr and then sanded down with400 grit, It is was a little tedious but the result gave him the look he was going. He had a custom grip job done on his glock that he wanted it to match. Anyway it looked pretty nice.
 
There's no way to get a sandblasted texture on a polymer scale without sandblasting. You can sand with a coarse (below 150 grit) sandpaper but it will be a different kind of texture and not nearly as aggressive as an abrasive blasted one. Using a small diamond or carbide burr and some very steady hands you could dimple/stipple the surface but this is alot of work. Done right though it can lend a very interesting appearance and excellent grip.
 
You can use sandpaper and a small hammer to approximate a sandblasted finish.
Wire wheels, used very carefully, can also approximate sandblasting.
 
If you have access to an air compressor, you could buy one of those cheap mini blasters at Harbor Freight.
 
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