A method of forming an abrasive article includes depositing a mixture into an opening of a substrate, contacting an exposed surface of the mixture in the opening to a texturing form to form a textured preform, and removing the mixture from the opening and forming an abrasive particle having a textured surface. The use of a plasma jet allows processing zinc or a zinc alloy without producing any disturbing zinc spatter. The composition typically comprises 30-70% by solids volume of an epoxy based binder system, 10-50% by solids volume of hollow microspheres, and 1-25% by solid volume of further paint constituents. The sending radio devices transmit the labeled data packets to the receiving radio devices.