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I thought I'd share some efforts I'm making to create DIY stone memorials using sand-blasted lettering. My ultimate goal is to be able to make 6" x 12" x 0.5" black granite footstone...
Skin cut letters (1/32" to 1/16" shallow cut) are best for black granite and whenever you do not provide a panel. V-sunk lettering on natural stone does not need a panel for contrast. Use a paint like Lithichrome that is specially designed for stone.
With square-raised headstone letters, the letter is left polished and shiny, and the surrounding space is sandblasted down 1/8 of an inch and then chiseled smooth. V-tooled headstone letters are created similar to skin-traced letters, but also involve hand chiseling.
Sandblast engraving natural stone neighborhood signs. This is a glimpse of the process I use to deeply engrave text and images into large rocks.
Sandblasting, Traditional Granite Engraving. Around 1930, after many years of strictly using hammers and chisels, sandblasting become a popular engraving method. This method includes the use of vectorized stencil that are placed on the granite, before sandblasting.
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Sandblasting is considered one of the most effective methods for engraving headstones and uses an air compressor to shoot small particles of sand through a hose to erode the granite surface. Prior to sandblasting, a rubber stencil of your custom design is cut and placed on the headstone.