sunrisedawn
having dreams about rocks
Member since June 2008
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Post by sunrisedawn on Jul 6, 2008 19:39:47 GMT -5
They came out dull.  I did seven days with all four steps. Not sure if I did it wrong or what. I do not have any filler of any kind. Dawn |
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jul 6, 2008 20:44:48 GMT -5
What kind of rocks? Did you clean thoroughly between stages? especially before the polish stage? Also, did you do a burnish stage? (tumble in Borax overnight) One more thing, seven days in the coarse stage isn't always long enough, especially for hard stuff like agates and the harder jaspers. The coarse stage will determine the end result. Do you have pics?
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Jul 7, 2008 2:34:40 GMT -5
Hi,
As above Id also say stage 2 is extreemly important. double the time at least I give them 21 days in stage 2 in a rorary,
Cleanliness is next to Godliness !! Clinicaly Clean is a MUST to stop cross contamination of grit's
have a good ay
Jack
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Post by Toad on Jul 7, 2008 15:54:23 GMT -5
I've sometimes had rocks in stage one for a month or more. They go fast after that, but if stage one isn't done right, the subsequesnt stages can't fix it.
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sunrisedawn
having dreams about rocks
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Post by sunrisedawn on Jul 8, 2008 11:16:19 GMT -5
Thank you all for the info. I have two more batches that I am going to start over in stage one. I'll start these over too.
Dawn
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Roan
has rocks in the head
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Post by Roan on Jul 10, 2008 18:31:23 GMT -5
Dawn,
Don't be discouraged! My first batch went back to stage one three times before I finally figured out what I was supposed to be getting. We started that batch at the end of December and I finally pulled it out at the end of March.
Eileen
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I did seven days with all four steps. Not sure if I did it wrong or what. I do not have any filler of any kind.
