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Asertation
09-29-2004, 03:33 PM
This may sound stupid...but i dont know anything about it so im gunna ask.

What exactly is beadblasting? I wanna get my gun painted so it isnt shiny, and every site i go to has something about beadblasting. I dont know what it is, and maybe you guys do...

oh, what is a good price for it?

MicroMiniMe
09-29-2004, 04:14 PM
The process is similar to sandblasting. Except smaller glass beads are used. So glass beads a few hundred micrometers in size are propelled under pressure in large quantity to collide with your marker. Creating a rough surface in the process and possibly eating a few layers of metal off the top.
As LoadSM5, I believe, how close to going over tolerances his SFL is.