Sandblasting titanium frame.

Does anybody know anywhere in London I can get this done? I want to sand blast my titanium frames so they have the matt finished and not a brushed finish.

so going from this
https://cdn.road.cc/sites/default/files/styles/main_width/public/j.guillem-13.png

to this
https://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/Hd8c705d4faf9430da25af3c41a7c5a22z/200608783/Hd8c705d4faf9430da25af3c41a7c5a22z.jpg_.webp

Thanks!
Wayne

I'm happy to say it's now over twenty years since I finished with the finishing trade, so my knowledge is not up to date.

However I can tell you that the finish you get from blasting depends on the medium used, so to ask for 'sandblasting' seems to exclude the other media, for example: glass bead, grit, shot, chilled iron and so on. It's a long list.

Your first task should be to establish what type of blasting is suitable for titanium - I know, for example, that Reynolds disapproved of anything harsher than glass bead for 753. Don't believe what the man at the blasting firm tells you - if he wants the job he'll tell you that what he's got is just what you want. If in doubt about the finish get a sample done, but the main thing is not to wreck the frame !

Good luck with this - there's not a lot of the metal finishing trade left.

Defo want something gentle, one of the glass bead mediums maybe. Most metal shops as clubman says will just suggest what they already have in the tank.

Sure I read something about Moots using crushed walnut shells - I kid you not