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Post by momma on Feb 26, 2005 22:25:43 GMT -5
I checked on my pet wood tonight and they are still black in color. Some of them are showing some really neat designs. I found out I am supposed to bleach them is that correct? If so how do I do that?
Thank for the help
momma
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Post by connrock on Feb 26, 2005 23:00:57 GMT -5
I really don't know why you would bleach pet wood.Most of it is kind of blah to begin with and bleaching it will only take out any color that's there. To be perfectly honest with you momma I've never hear of it but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. Talk to who ever told you to use bleach and let us know why you should do it. Tom
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Post by momma on Feb 27, 2005 1:15:37 GMT -5
Well I thought you bleached it when its like really black. I had it in the tumbler for a few days and the checked on them and the water is like red dirt, and the wood is really really black. I will deffentally look for the site again where it said you could bleach it. I didnot do it because i didnt know, i did however take them out and wash them again because i thought i was doing somethig wrong when the color of the water changed to red. Ok Ill go look and get back to ya.
thanks
momma
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Post by phoenix1647 on Feb 27, 2005 8:52:12 GMT -5
I never heard of bleaching rocks either. I have a lot of pet wood..all different colors. Some is almost white and some is brown, black, reddish...it all depends on the type of wood it started out as I guess...or what minerals soaked into it...I don't think I would bleach it.
What I would do is to let it run the entire cycle start to finish...then if you are not pleased with the finished product..go ahead and bleach it...
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Post by MichiganRocks on Feb 27, 2005 9:59:49 GMT -5
What I would do is to let it run the entire cycle start to finish...then if you are not pleased with the finished product..go ahead and bleach it... Pho I agree with Pho. Let them go. You can always redo them if you're not happy. If you bleach them first, you no longer have the option. Ron
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Post by chassroc on Feb 28, 2005 13:48:13 GMT -5
Sounds like very neat designs are where it's at...Bleaching sounds like a bad idea to me.
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Post by stefan on Mar 1, 2005 10:59:45 GMT -5
Red water- black rocks... Hmmmm sounds like an iron ore to me- Perhaps some hematite? Don't bleach- Probably won't make much of a diff anyway!
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Post by deepsouth on Mar 1, 2005 16:37:10 GMT -5
Hi Momma,
I have tried to bleach black petwood in the past ....without the results I was hoping for. I was tild by an older member of our rockhoundclub that you could bring out the grain of the black wood this way.. but it did not work for me.
recipe she gave me was: 1 cup of Janola bleach 1 gallon hot water and some sunlight ( dishwashing soap) leave for 24 hours. I did all this . tried it ones with some small pieces and last try was with big pieces.
Best way to bleach is mother nature I believe. Just leave the black wood out in the full sun and it will take on a blueish hue over time. You can find the big pieces of my blackwood that have been in bleach, under the Hydrogrossular garnets fotos posting I posted not long ago. They are in the background on one of the fotos. weathering is a natural process that bleaches it . When I found that big piece it was bleached on the outside.
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Post by cookie3rocks on Mar 1, 2005 18:53:18 GMT -5
Red slurry though, sounds like hematite to me How did you come by this stuff? cookie
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Post by momma on Mar 4, 2005 22:07:06 GMT -5
Hey all finally back after last month, havent been myself lately, just been bored with going on the internet. So I decided to come on tonight to let ya know what I found out about the bleaching. I totally read it wrong. The bleaching is for cleaning quartz. Not bleaching wood. I thought that if the wood was soo dark that you had to bleach it. I did NOT bleach it and they are still in the tumbler for stage 1. Not ready for stage 2.
How can my wood be Hameitite if it looks like wood? Yes the slurry is a dark red (icky poo), but it just looks and feels like wood. Ohh well confused on how it could be hemitite.
so I will go just thought I would let yall know
Thanks for the info and taking your all advice on NOT bleaching. Well see what happens when there done.
momma
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Mar 4, 2005 22:41:31 GMT -5
Hello Momma,
Petrified wood can consist of any kind of material ... it just depends on what was in the soil when the wood fibers were replaced with?
There is highly and poorly agatized wood, jasperized wood, opalized wood, calcified wood, etc. It just depends on what replaced the wood over millions of years.
Hope this helps,
John
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Post by stefan on Mar 5, 2005 13:12:25 GMT -5
When you say looks and FEELS like wood- I hope you don't mean that this IS wood- I had a co-worker bring in a bunch of "Petrified" wood for me to tumble- It was really Drift wood- If you are tumbling wood wood (not wood that has been replaced with a mineral) then that would explain the red slurry- and I'm not sure how wood tumbles- Petriefied wood could have hematite relacing the wood- keep us posted!
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Post by momma on Mar 6, 2005 0:30:26 GMT -5
Hey yall, Yah I well keep you posted. When I get a decient camera I will take some pic. of it to show ya. Still in stage 1. No difference at all. Wee shal see.
momma
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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 6, 2005 0:48:47 GMT -5
Stefan-
I can concur w/ Momma. I just started up a batch of petrified wood. I know it's pet. wood 100%. We busted it up, threw in tumbler w/ some warm water, a little Borax (just to clean them up a bit) and whammmmmo, red, red, red slurry. Now that they've been tumbling for a week, I no longer get red slurry, but a very dark brown slurry.
Interesting that you mention the hematite...that would be cool.
Gaetz
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Post by momma on Mar 6, 2005 0:53:33 GMT -5
I have been tumbling for a little over a week and its still red slurry. Is there something wrong with them or is it because of where it came from?
momma
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 6, 2005 9:30:30 GMT -5
How long for wood to become pet wood? They're doing some building across from Gatineau Park (someone had mentioned that there was some super rocks in and around that park) and they're digging up trees and I was wondering if any of those could be pet wood?
Would the trees be petrified in whatever is underground or could a part above ground be petrified - how does it become petrified anyways?
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Post by chassroc on Mar 6, 2005 10:50:13 GMT -5
My petrified wood comes from Utah and it has lots of red in it. Unfortunately most of it does not tumble well, but it cuts nicely, makes nice displays, but when I grind I often get the red water from dark spots in the wood, gotta be hematite and I cannot imagine your tumbling water will ever be clear with material like this. csroc
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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 6, 2005 12:11:35 GMT -5
chass-
Why doesn't your Utah wood tumble well? Too brittle or what? I've had a batch in for more than a week now, and it's looking pretty dang good. Mine is mostly black with little pockets of red and orange. Don't know if it'll polish well, but so far so good.
Just curious, did you personally find it or where did you get it?
Gaetz
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Post by momma on Mar 6, 2005 12:37:06 GMT -5
I checked mine again, and my pet. wood is black with white spots. The slury is still red. Not sure what kind of wood I have, I do know that it was bought for me here in Montana but that does not mean its from Montana. Not even close to comming out of stage 1.
I have less than 1/2 barrell can I mix my agates with the wood or will I just ruin my wood. I need more to make a full load or should I just continue? Do I need filler. any suggestions if you have any would be appreciated.
Thanx momma
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Post by stefan on Mar 6, 2005 12:48:25 GMT -5
Tweet- Petrified wood occures when wood fibers are replaced with rock material (usually on a cellular level- It is usually wood that has fallen into a wet area (bogs lakes rivers, etc. the wood s usually covered with mud or something that stops the onset of decay- then over time the wood is replaced with rock! Momma- I think (given the red slurry) that I would let this wood tumble by itself!- If there is hematite or some other iron ore in it the staining it could cause could ruin your other stuff!
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