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Hello,

This is bugging me. I am trying to find an article regarding how metals are actually "stonewashed" but I keep on just finding sites about jeans. Can anybody help me out? Is there like a forum dedicated to metal finishing?

Thanks,

Matt
 
Stone washing to my understanding is putting the blade in a tumbler with different "stone" media. I believe Bill Coye does his stone wash knives by putting media rocks in a tumbler mixed with WD-40. I suppose bead blasting would get a similar effect.

Top knife is stone washed. Bottom knife is satin.
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Edcgearreviews said:
Hello,

This is bugging me. I am trying to find an article regarding how metals are actually "stonewashed" but I keep on just finding sites about jeans. Can anybody help me out? Is there like a forum dedicated to metal finishing?

Thanks,

Matt
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You might do a Google search using terms like 'lapidary' or 'tumbling supplies' or 'bead-blasting' of metals. Whatever sites you find that way might also include info about the stone wash methods too. Might get around most of the 'stone wash' denim/jeans stuff that way.
 
About one minute in they discuss stone washing. Maybe this will help???:confused:


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They use some sort of a ceramic media (available through jewelry supplies). If you tumble more than one blade, put a bolt through a tang hole so the won't stick together.
 
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