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Post by knave on Feb 24, 2020 18:19:58 GMT -5
You never know until you try. Necessity is the mother of invention. Serendipity is the step-dad.
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Post by aliengreensoul on Feb 25, 2020 2:32:50 GMT -5
I ordered some new corn cob media (reloading corn cob media) to go in place of the cheap lizard bedding from wal mart thinking maybe it was too dusty? and I'll give it a go in the near future in a vibratory tumbler I'll let you know if it helps my situation, thanks for the replies
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 25, 2020 6:03:38 GMT -5
I ordered some new corn cob media (reloading corn cob media) to go in place of the cheap lizard bedding from wal mart thinking maybe it was too dusty? and I'll give it a go in the near future in a vibratory tumbler I'll let you know if it helps my situation, thanks for the replies Had lots of rain lately ? I say moisture is the problem. Is your tumbler in a moist environment ? Is your organic media dry ? Organics can store a lot of moisture. Dry (fine)clay dust and dry(fine) aluminum oxide behaves similar when moisture enters the mix. Turns pasty, sticky. AO 500 is coarser, more like fine sand. Less likely to turn pasty, concrete when moist. AO 1000 and AO polish is very fine like talcum powder or dried clay, concretes/coats quickly when slightly damp. I would put both the organic media and the AO 1000 and AO polish in the oven at say 150F and dry it out completely. Set tumbler up in a low relative humidity location. Run er again. Dry tumbling may mean really dry. Try putting 220 or 500 in a spoon and slightly wet it. Stir it around. Check consistency. Put AO 1000 or AO polish in a spoon and barely wet it. It will be a nasty sticky mess. Slightly damp aluminum oxide 1000/5000/14,0000 is a recipe for a concretion disaster when a wet vibe run gets on the dry side. Good luck aliengreensoul.
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