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leslie19
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Newbie and first time poster Aug 12, 2008 17:25:42 GMT -5

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From the land of the Bluenose....up till now I have only used my Loritone Tumbler to clean clad coins as I metal detect. Wife picked up some stones that she wants polished. Put a few in the tumbler with stainless steel bearings that I picked up at a local hobby shop where I purchased the machien. Question is...what do i do now? Appreciate your help and looking forward to active participation on this forum!

From the land of the Bluenose....home to the Queen of schooner racing

darrad
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Newbie and first time poster Aug 12, 2008 18:50:30 GMT -5

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Welcome to the board! You do not say what kind of stones. Beach stones maybe? Anyway, I do not think the bearings will do much of anything unless the stones are really soft. You will probably need to get some Silicon Carbide grit. Refer to the 4 step process on the home page and you will definitly be on your way to shiny rocks.
Most of all have fun.

Dave

ejs spending too much on rocks Member since July 2008 Posts: 478	Newbie and first time poster Aug 13, 2008 16:26:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ejs on Aug 13, 2008 16:26:27 GMT -5 Welcome! You will find a wealth of good advice on this board. I also found this guide to be very helpful: geology.com/rock-tumbler/ Good luck!

Noosh9057 fully equipped rock polisher Member since November 2003 Posts: 1,613	Newbie and first time poster Aug 14, 2008 6:40:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Noosh9057 on Aug 14, 2008 6:40:32 GMT -5 WElcome to the site. Roger
	God Bless. Roger Noosh

chassroc Cave Dweller Rocks are abundant when you have rocktumblinghobby pals Member since January 2005 Posts: 3,586	Newbie and first time poster Aug 14, 2008 11:11:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chassroc on Aug 14, 2008 11:11:29 GMT -5 Welcome to RTH...I see you have plenty of coins to clear...I "Detect" a soon too be RTH expert csroc

leslie19 off to a rocking start Member since August 2008 Posts: 7	Newbie and first time poster Aug 14, 2008 19:06:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by leslie19 on Aug 14, 2008 19:06:47 GMT -5 From the land ofthe Bluenose....great advice and I will be back picking your brains. Nice lot of folks here.!
	From the land of the Bluenose....home to the Queen of schooner racing

xpansan off to a rocking start Member since July 2008 Posts: 4	Newbie and first time poster Aug 15, 2008 11:06:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xpansan on Aug 15, 2008 11:06:09 GMT -5 From a coin collector standpoint I would think you would never want to put coins in a tumbler to clean them as that would greatly devalue the worth of the coin. Just my humble opinion though...

leslie19 off to a rocking start Member since August 2008 Posts: 7	Newbie and first time poster Aug 19, 2008 17:11:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by leslie19 on Aug 19, 2008 17:11:23 GMT -5 From the land of the Bluenose...well sir just ordinary clad reach the tumbler. I agree with you for the most part.
	From the land of the Bluenose....home to the Queen of schooner racing

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Post by leslie19 on Aug 12, 2008 17:25:42 GMT -5

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