Lots of people must be blasting around here all they had left was the fine grit black. Said 20/40 may be back in a few weeks.
Didn’t see any of the garnet even listed anymore at my TSC, sounds like it was too fine anyway.Garnet Abrasive Sand
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Didn’t see any of the garnet even listed anymore at my TSC, sounds like it was too fine anyway.Im in central wisconsin. Still about five hours round trip to Milwaukee though.
I havent seen good substrate in a pet store since IDK when. Miss the old days when there were just buckets of bulk stuff for cheap. Worked good, looked good, didnt cost a million bucks. Oh well.
I have not wanted to go this route due to what seems like a ridiculous cost. However, especially with your recommendation and the great picture it might be the way to go. Probably cheaper than me driving to milwaukee.The best garnet sand is Barton 36cg imo.
I looks nice, and it is the perfect grit size.
The only issue is that it takes forever to ship. I think I waited almost 2 months for my Barton to arrive.
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The TSC stuff I can find online is about 90 grit. So unless someone reports back otherwise. TSC would be a 1.5hr drive for me but better than milwaukee...Id still have to order it into the store though.Lots of people must be blasting around here all they had left was the fine grit black. Said 20/40 may be back in a few weeks.
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Nice find! I've dealt with Zoro before at work seemed like a good company.American Abrasive Supply Garnet Abrasive, 55lb, No.16Grit, 12-20Mesh GAR1655 | Zoro
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Have you used the 16 grit?
No but I did find this chart that shows how big 20 grit is. Never heard about this before. Dose not look like it gose much smaller so if other people used this I would think this size would work. But now that you have the grain size you can compare it to regular sand and see where it is for its size.
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Grit Blasting Size Chart for Abrasive Sandblasting Cabinets
Use our grit blasting size chart for easy conversions! Lower numbers mean larger, while higher numbers mean the particles are more fine.
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So most use 36 when using Barton. Looks like it's 3× larger. I'll have to see if my mic goes that low. I did find 36 on their page too, its over twice as much. Still think 2$/lb isn't a deal breaker. I haven't priced normal sand in years I use pfs or black diamond usually but been wanting to get my hands on garnet for a while.
Yeah it's quite a bit larger just measured but still smaller then most gravels. The grain size can matter alot with polys. With the way they eat larger sized grains can get swallowed and cause impaction.
I have a few builds planned and polys are in the plan for the future.
Thats part of my interest. The other is hoping that I might get my curu wolf to lighten up a little, without totally washing out.
Thats part of my interest. The other is hoping that I might get my curu wolf to lighten up a little, without totally washing out.
