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Post by Titania on Feb 21, 2008 18:17:24 GMT -5
Here's some cabs I finished up last Friday...sorry, I'm slow with the photos.  Blue wonderstone from Redwoodrocks...yep, it rocks, alright!  Chrysocolla from michaeljohn  An unknown...jasper, I'm guessing.  And lastly...the one I need some help with. This is from a slab of Quantum Quattro that Redwoodrocks sent me. It works beautifully! BUT, even after working for ages on my 100k grit belt, I just couldn't get it to shine. It's got a nice matte finish, but that's not really what I'm going for. It's SUCH a gorgeous stone, it deserves a perfect shine. Any advice? For those not familiar with Quantum Quattro, it's a combo of shattuckite (royal blue), chrysocolla (robin's egg blue), dioptase (forest green), malachite (light green) with some smoky quartz thrown in for good measure.  |
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Post by MidNight~Rocksi3 on Feb 21, 2008 19:13:26 GMT -5
Oh Niiiiiice!!!! wow you got some major skills girl! I Likey that first one.. looks almost 3-D or something ..I dunno but it's Cool.. And that last one is still a beauty even without the shine.. and I'm sure once you get that all shiny it's going to look Fierce! Great pics!
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Post by Cher on Feb 21, 2008 20:41:43 GMT -5
Very nice stuff, sorry I can't help with your question.
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Post by adrian65 on Feb 21, 2008 22:52:41 GMT -5
The unknown is my favorite, beautiful shape ans shine. The last one looks very good. Sorry I can't help, but I also found difficult to polish soft stones.
Adrian
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2008 1:05:29 GMT -5
Most excellent cabs Titania. You really get a great shine on those cabs. The blue can shine if you soak in opticon. I never used the stuff personally but I heard it really works wonders.
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Post by stonesthatrock on Feb 22, 2008 1:18:55 GMT -5
on the softer stones, i use zam. It seems to work better then anything else.
Your cabs look great. I love the unknown.
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Post by joe on Feb 22, 2008 2:27:58 GMT -5
Those are nice cabs! That's good work.
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Post by Titania on Feb 22, 2008 8:11:50 GMT -5
Most excellent cabs Titania. You really get a great shine on those cabs. The blue can shine if you soak in opticon. I never used the stuff personally but I heard it really works wonders. I was wondering about using something like Opticon...hopefully someone that's used it before will chime in. Still, it feels a little like "cheating", you know?  |
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Post by Titania on Feb 22, 2008 8:12:23 GMT -5
on the softer stones, i use zam. It seems to work better then anything else. Your cabs look great. I love the unknown. Do you use zam on a buffing wheel? I don't have one yet, but I do have room on my cabber to add one. |
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Post by stonesthatrock on Feb 22, 2008 22:51:12 GMT -5
yes i use it on a buffing wheel
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Post by Tonyterner on Feb 22, 2008 23:20:59 GMT -5
Really nice cabs Titania. Have you contacted Cal about the quatro? I have a cab of his made from it and it definitely has a great shine to it so I know its possible.
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Post by Tony W on Feb 22, 2008 23:26:36 GMT -5
Try taking it back to 3000 and up again.. that works for me sometimes when I can't get a good shine. And use leather if you don't have it.. that is worth a try too. Sometimes when I come off the 3000 belt and think I have the start of a nice shine, I'll go to the 3000 leather disk and then I see what a real 3000 shine is  Nice work on all and very nice material! Good luck with the shine. T |
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Post by mike4bears on Feb 23, 2008 14:52:35 GMT -5
zam on a buffing wheel is how i finish the top stone and the bottom stones. after they were done on a 3000 grit nova wheel mike  |
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Post by stoner on Feb 24, 2008 18:38:09 GMT -5
Nice cabs, all of them. Some of that material from Cal will take a better shine than other copper type minerals, and that includes different areas from the same slab. Opticon is hit and miss, I've used it for sealing cracks and sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. So I wouldn't bother trying it. Tony W has the right idea, take it back to 3k and go over it really good, then go to 14k paste on leather and on to 50k paste.
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Post by Titania on Feb 25, 2008 8:23:37 GMT -5
Thanks for all of the advice! I think I'll try taking it back up to 3k, then on up again on my belts. If that doesn't work, I'll get a leather pad and work it through that way instead. |
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