Rose
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Post by Rose on Dec 17, 2004 5:10:24 GMT -5
I've just taken my first batch out and washed them off, they have been going at 80 for three weeks now and most are ready to go on to next stage. But we are away for the weekend so I'll wait till next week before setting them off It didnt smell last week when I changed the grit so it must be the Amethyst Chevron (I think it was) that I added to beef up the load. Wow it smells like something died in there !! I wasnt ready for that LOL
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Post by creativeminded on Dec 17, 2004 10:52:55 GMT -5
That is normal with some rocks, because they contain different minerals and gases. Good example is petrified wood, I personally have not tumbled pet wood, but I have read that it stinks. There are also some that can stain some of your other rock for example hematite has a high Iron content and the sludge will be a redish color. I lucked out and and didn't have any porious rocks in the batch of small hematite I did so they didn't get stained.
Tami
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Post by docone31 on Dec 17, 2004 19:57:43 GMT -5
Some stones can give off an amazing odour! The jaspers can, can, give off excess gasses. One of the joys of tumbling. Watch for the bulge in the bbl for excess gas.
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Post by cookie3rocks on Dec 17, 2004 21:04:26 GMT -5
I was working on a batch of jasper/amethyst/whatever when my vibe gave up the ghost this week*playing taps* Luckily it was in polish at the time, and most came out OK. I added some plastic beads I got at a flea market (not lapidary) and amethyst to it in the pre polish stage and it really started to give off an odor. Not sure what caused it. Amythest hasn't given me a problem before this, but this was freshly mined with a lot of matrix. The odor decreased as the tumble progressed.
cookie
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HarryB41
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Post by HarryB41 on Dec 18, 2004 6:47:32 GMT -5
I know about the smells in some materials! If you really want to smell bad... tumble seashells... Abalone is about the worst and will take your breath away.
Harry
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Dec 20, 2004 0:48:22 GMT -5
When I tumble Jasper ... I get gas!
Is this something I should be concerned with? Should I ask my doctor about this? Is this normal? What can I do?
Seriously ... can you imagine asking your doctor about this! That would definitely catch them off guard!
Enjoy,
John
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Rose
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Post by Rose on Dec 20, 2004 4:42:52 GMT -5
Yes that is something I'm paranoid about, and the reson I didn't leave it tumbling while we were away at the weekend! Yeah yeah, blame the Jasper !
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Post by docone31 on Dec 20, 2004 8:22:59 GMT -5
I upon reading a well meaning post on a tumbling site, used cornmeal for filler. I figuired it wouldn't hurt. Five days into final polish stage, all is well. It got foamy, and a little stiff. Six days into the final polish, the bbl exploded! The pressure of the cornmeal decomposing plus the agitation of the tumble made some serious pressure. You want to talk about smell! The pressure pushed open the lid, and the cornmeal/cerium oxide made a spray paste. It got the sheetrock, the walls, the floor in an orange/yellow spray line. I finally had to texture the room, and ultimately texture the entire house as we were listed on MLS at the time. We got the mess cleaned up by texturing. THe cornmeal made a paste that wouldn't come off except by mechanical cleaning. Lesson learned, no organics in the tumble!!! Even with close scrutiny and gobs of experience, I had a blow up. I do not know what made it so volitile. Perhaps the cerium oxide, or the combination. Do not do that. I wish I had adhesives that worked as well as that mess.
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Dec 20, 2004 8:54:56 GMT -5
I guess I am living right or something as I have never tumbled anything that has smelled bad. Now, my socks are a whole 'nother story! Sure you're not talking about them? And, I'm not even going to get into what my latest pot of 15 bean soup produced! Good soup, baaadddd smells after! llana
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HarryB41
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Post by HarryB41 on Dec 20, 2004 10:17:54 GMT -5
Lesson learned, no organics in the tumble!!! Even with close scrutiny and gobs of experience, I had a blow up. I do not know what made it so volitile. Perhaps the cerium oxide, or the combination. Thanks to my father-in-law I do have an answer to this one. Cornmeal is used in the manufacturing of moonshine... it fermented and had no where to let off the pressure. My father-in-law was a great moonshiner of the early years... to drink and to sell to help raise his LARGE family. Harry
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WilliamC
spending too much on rocks
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Post by WilliamC on Dec 20, 2004 13:14:54 GMT -5
Greetings All, And here I thought this thread was about a Lynard Skynard song I've never had problems with gas buildup or bad smells from my rocks, even whilst tumbling jaspers. I've had some amazing foam come from the verdite and butterjade, but so far no bad gasses. Clean living I guess Of course when I'm _really_ having fun with my stones is when I have the wherewithall to make some good smells, but those are relaxing and pleasant, at least for me. True, I am prohibited from bringing them into the house, so I get banished to my outdoor rock room during those times. Alas it will be a while a'fore I can indulge myself like that again WilliamC
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MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
"I wasn't born to follow."
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Post by MichiganRocks on Dec 21, 2004 16:51:06 GMT -5
I have some flint around my area that will "rock your socks off!". Make ya think that Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Poison Whiskey" sounds like a good idea. Pretty powerful stuff!
Ron
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