Sanding glass base ? Idea need help

[PhatBeezie]

I want to get the stupid red and designs off my glass base and I was wondering if i got really fine grit sand paper and sanded it if you guys think it would work and if so would it be fogged looking ? becuase thats what I was thinking would happend from sanding glass.

[Johnny_D]

[quote name='PhatBeezie']I want to get the stupid red and designs off my glass base and I was wondering if i got really fine grit sand paper and sanded it if you guys think it would work and if so would it be fogged looking ? becuase thats what I was thinking would happend from sanding glass.[/quote]

Pressure washer.

Water blast that nasty chav design RIGHT off and it won't damage the glass. Any form of abrasion will scratch the glass.

JD

PS :- Paint thinner might work i guess. But the pressure washer would be more fun

[Scalliwag]

paint remover and the finest steel wool you can find. Keep the wool very wet with remover and use rubber gloves and light pressure.

[PhatBeezie]

Will any kind of presure washer work ? and how do I support the base so it wont blow away and break while im doing it ?

[Skimo]

Thats what I was picturing in my head, a hookah base flying across the yard. You could always talk a friend into holding it, might make it even funner lol

[Johnny_D]

[quote name='PhatBeezie']Will any kind of presure washer work ? and how do I support the base so it wont blow away and break while im doing it ?[/quote]

You will need the help of someone to hold it. Wearing rubber gloves.

You don't need to blow the hell out of it, so your 'volunteer' would be ok

JD

[PhatBeezie]

I did it , I used SOS pads and it came right off , but I found a shitty glass blowing job or w/e with it lol their is a puncture on the inside and it looks like it got shot from a bb gun , but It dosent leak and doesnt look like it will break any easyer.

[EvansLight]

lol intresting. Well as long as it works, i think its all good

[gumonshoe]

Nice. My base is the black glass from the Abyss mod hookah on H-S... think i can get rid of the tint using this method? ... It sort of sucks cause i thought the base would be somewhat translucent black, but its opaque. Now i cant see my bubble

[PhatBeezie]

[quote name='gumonshoe']Nice. My base is the black glass from the Abyss mod hookah on H-S... think i can get rid of the tint using this method? ... It sort of sucks cause i thought the base would be somewhat translucent black, but its opaque. Now i cant see my bubble [/quote]

If it was like my tinting , sos pad should work easy.

[Sonthert]

Why not try rubbing alcohol, first?

[Lukasa]

[quote name='Johnny_D']Water blast that nasty chav design RIGHT off and it won't damage the glass. Any form of abrasion will scratch the glass.[/quote]

Oh the joys of having an englishman on the forums. Chav jokes!!!!


Post a pic of your base, its hard to visualize what would and wouldn't work.

[hookah hippie]

as for the guy with the abyss, I own an abyss and the base black paint started to come off up until this moron broke my base so the wool thing should work

[Onion]

If its on the outside, you could probably try some heavier paint thinners (although you'd have to rinse it furiously afterwards). But yes, sanding it would give it that fogged look although it would take an impressive amount of time to fog it up to a good opacity (so it didnt look like it was just covered with scratches and gouges), and it would be difficult to make the fogging consistent all around the piece.

edit: Another option which would probably be less damaging that a power washer (since I dont thing anyone wants to be the guy to hold it in place) would be sand-blasting the base. It'd fog the shit out of that thing, its non-toxic, and it'll get that paint right off of there

[PhatBeezie]

[quote name='Onion']If its on the outside, you could probably try some heavier paint thinners (although you'd have to rinse it furiously afterwards). But yes, sanding it would give it that fogged look although it would take an impressive amount of time to fog it up to a good opacity (so it didnt look like it was just covered with scratches and gouges), and it would be difficult to make the fogging consistent all around the piece.

edit: Another option which would probably be less damaging that a power washer (since I dont thing anyone wants to be the guy to hold it in place) would be sand-blasting the base. It'd fog the shit out of that thing, its non-toxic, and it'll get that paint right off of there[/quote]

SOS pads leave it as clear as ever , I dont see any scratches from using them.

[Scalliwag]

[quote name='PhatBeezie']SOS pads leave it as clear as ever , I dont see any scratches from using them.[/quote]


SOS pads are just a coarser grade of steel wool than what I had recommended. The main thing when using that is being careful on how much pressure you use and keeping it wet.

[EvansLight]

[quote name='Scalliwag']The main thing when using that is being careful on how much pressure you use and keeping it wet.[/quote]yea i like alot of pressure, but the more you push the wetter it has to be XD

why is it everything scally says is almost always a sexual innuendo XD

[Macho555]

That's a little thing I choose to call "charm".

Or "inner perversion". I don't know, I can't remember which...

[zzzzzT]

Some lacquer thinner or benzene or acetone from Home Depot should work. WEAR CHEM GLOVES! Try rubbing alcohol like Tangiers said but if the paint is spirit based you may need a polar solvent like those listed. If the designs are melted glass with pumice then you can scrape them off with a knife. After that you gotta get some cerium oxide and a dremel tool or some kind of buffer to polish the glass get the surface shiny. May seem kinda overkill, but that should get you a clean base.