momma
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Post by momma on Mar 12, 2005 20:35:11 GMT -5
Hey yall, ok I put my Agates into stage two today. How long do thay tumble for. And will stage two smooth out some cracks?
Thanks again everyone
momma
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Mar 13, 2005 2:15:44 GMT -5
A week in stage 2 is standard. It won't take out any cracks that are leftover after coarse grind. All of the shaping is done in stage 1, every step thereafter just works the existing surface towards a nice shiny polish.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 13, 2005 8:30:52 GMT -5
I have very limited knowledge but I do know know that DO NOT skip steps. I went from 40/70 to 220 and skipped 60/90 - finished in polish & they all ended up back in 60/90 (actually most ended up in my do-overs and a new batch went into 60/90 - but that's a whole new story) Just don,t do a huge jump in steps
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