The Armour Archive

Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:44 pm**

I am helping clean out a shop and I have been given about 4 bags of iron sand to do with what I want. SO what is it used for?

Thanks

Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:27 pm**

Don't snort it- thats all i know....

Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:28 pm**

smelting

You obviuosly need a smelting furnace to convert it to iron. They're not too hard to build, and loads of fun...go for it!

Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:33 pm**

you could also put it in sandbags for dishing...

Posted: **Tue Apr 19, 2005 10:11 pm**

they use it as a blasting media, it does and awesome job

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:44 am**

Well first we need to know what you have; blasting medium may be steel in small size "pellets". Besides blasting it is also used in "mosaic demascus" by knifemakers.

Smelters usually call magnatite sand "Iron Sand" and it can be smelted in a bloomery (NE or Japanese) for making your own wrought iron.

Thomas

Posted: **Wed Apr 20, 2005 10:03 am**

Humm it is hard to say at just guessing as the person who used to have it did smelting, sand blasting, and demascus knifes. In fact I have one from him. It might be interesting to play with the smelting idea.

Thanks
Martin