rocknewb101
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by rocknewb101 on Dec 31, 2022 17:13:35 GMT -5
Starguy! Wow. Those are amazing. The reflections are so colorful. I got my Lot-O for Christmas - and am trying some of the quartz in there back to grit 2, I also got a Slant Lap! What! What!!! So I thought I'd try a few of them on there too - see what I can do. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a safe New Year!!
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rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Dec 31, 2022 17:18:41 GMT -5
rocknewb101 I never had any bruising or frosting with crystalline quartz or even glass if I kept the barrel full enough. I never used media in the rotary, I just tumbled a good mix of sizes and added enough rock as the batch got smaller to maintain 3/4 full. Once you get to know the sound of your rotary barrel you can tell if there is an excess rattling noise. Because the batch will make a fairly strong rattling noise if your rocks are being damaged. Especially during the finishing steps. I have often questioned my opinion of what is truly 2/3 or 3/4 full. It is not a precision call... It is OK to lean to the 3/4+ full during 220-500-1000-polish stages, these steps can be performed with a much fuller barrel than step 1 grind-the-crap-out-of-the-rocks-stage. And these are the steps when most bruising and frosting occurs. Wish you well. PS Yes those rocks can be salvaged. Certainly. To be safe it would be best to start over at 220, then 500-1000(if you do 1000 step)-polish. I always did step 1 SIC - 220 SiC- AO 500 - AO polish, i.e. 4 rotary steps and never the 1000 step. Thanks so much for the knowledge! The more and more I read I think there was definitely too much empty room in there. I'll put them back through the vibe tumbler and my MIL blessed me with a Hi-Tech slant lap for Christmas so I thought I'd try to polish a few using that
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 31, 2022 21:10:50 GMT -5
Starguy ! Wow. Those are amazing. The reflections are so colorful. I got my Lot-O for Christmas - and am trying some of the quartz in there back to grit 2, I also got a Slant Lap! What! What!!! So I thought I'd try a few of them on there too - see what I can do. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a safe New Year!! Dang Peta! You must've been EXTRA good this year!! Congrats on the excellent Christmas presents!
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rocknewb101
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since October 2022
Posts: 1,368
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Post by rocknewb101 on Jan 1, 2023 8:17:16 GMT -5
Starguy ! Wow. Those are amazing. The reflections are so colorful. I got my Lot-O for Christmas - and am trying some of the quartz in there back to grit 2, I also got a Slant Lap! What! What!!! So I thought I'd try a few of them on there too - see what I can do. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a safe New Year!! Dang Peta! You must've been EXTRA good this year!! Congrats on the excellent Christmas presents! hahaha!! It was a shocker for sure!
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