vance71975
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since September 2022
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Post by vance71975 on Sept 24, 2022 17:44:44 GMT -5
So I just checked my tumbler and my slurry was like paste, Like Custard pudding, it was so thick it did not even want to drip through the strainer. I did thin it out considerabley(its now about the thickness of 2% Milk) when I put in fresh grit, but this leads me to the question, How thick is too thick for the slurry in your tumbler? I am running a 60RPM tumble-bee. Most of the slurry didnt even come out of the barrel only the rocks and what was on them came out the rest coated the inside of the barrel like mud paste lol.
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ericabelle
spending too much on rocks
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Post by ericabelle on Sept 24, 2022 21:02:12 GMT -5
So I just checked my tumbler and my slurry was like paste, Like Custard pudding, it was so thick it did not even want to drip through the strainer. I did thin it out considerabley(its now about the thickness of 2% Milk) when I put in fresh grit, but this leads me to the question, How thick is too thick for the slurry in your tumbler? I am running a 60RPM tumble-bee. Most of the slurry didnt even come out of the barrel only the rocks and what was on them came out the rest coated the inside of the barrel like mud paste lol. Any time the slurry is so thick that the rocks cannot roll freely is too thick IMO. That’s when you risk the rocks periodically coming “unglued” from the thick slurry and crashing against each other, causing breakage. When this happens in my tumblers, I can hear it while they are rolling. I had to learn this the hard way, so good question!
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vance71975
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since September 2022
Posts: 760
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Post by vance71975 on Sept 24, 2022 21:24:26 GMT -5
So I just checked my tumbler and my slurry was like paste, Like Custard pudding, it was so thick it did not even want to drip through the strainer. I did thin it out considerabley(its now about the thickness of 2% Milk) when I put in fresh grit, but this leads me to the question, How thick is too thick for the slurry in your tumbler? I am running a 60RPM tumble-bee. Most of the slurry didnt even come out of the barrel only the rocks and what was on them came out the rest coated the inside of the barrel like mud paste lol. Any time the sport is so thick that the rocks cannot roll freely is too thick IMO. That’s when you risk the rocks periodically coming “unglued” from the thick slurry and crashing against each other, causing breakage. When this happens in my tumblers, I can hear it while they are rolling. I had to learn this the hard way, so good question! Well they were still able to move, but BARELY, the did slide out into the strainer without help but they moved slowly coming out, Kinda like a slightly thick milkshake.
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