moridin
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Post by moridin on Jul 31, 2006 20:51:44 GMT -5
I've just gotten started on rock tumbling, and my second batch should be polished and done in a few days. I've started searching through a large pile of rocks that I've found to get the next batch ready for tumbling, and I found one rock that I think is pretty cool, and I'd like to keep it the way it is. It's got some nice corners and angles on it that will probably get ruined if I tumble it. I have no idea what kind of rock it is, but it's white to light green in color with flecks of black, very angular, almost like it was cut. Found it on the beach. My question is how do I polish this rock without rolling flat the angles in my tumbler? Is there such a thing as a rub-on polish that I could apply manually? Thanks in advance for any help.
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Post by Cher on Jul 31, 2006 21:14:53 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum!! If you could post pictures in the photo forum of the rock it might be easier for someone to give you an idea of what to do.
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offbeat
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Post by offbeat on Jul 31, 2006 21:20:55 GMT -5
You might want to ask this question in the general section as I believe you will get more answers there. But in the mean time, yes, you can hand polish "some" rocks depending on what kind they might be. If you think of how a tumbler works that will get you started. You are basically smoothing the rock to get to the polish stage. Each stage or grit removes scratches from the stage before. The last stage is polish, where you take a rock that has had the scratches removed and put the shine to it. Differing machines just do the work for you. You could start out with a water proof sand paper, say 200 grit and sand your rock. Then move on sanding until you are near 1200 grit. By then you might be able to hand polish the rock. If you goooogle hand polishing rocks you should get some more ideas until other members chime in. Like I said though, you might want to post this question in the general topic area as it will get you more answers. Good luck and have fun!!! Bill
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