Good Vibrations
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Overanalysis leads to Paralysis
Member since May 2009
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Post by Good Vibrations on Jun 19, 2009 13:02:49 GMT -5
OK all of you wanting to see photos... be careful what you ask for! Ha ha. The following photos were taken of my beach rocks after they went through a pre-polish Borax burnish. At this point they hadn't gone into the main polish stage yet. The rocks are dry in the photos. Oh, and I hadn't yet gone over the cracks & crevices with a fine toothbrush either. Nevertheless, I love them already!!! I have them in the polish stage right now. This is my first batch ever, and I am using a vibe. It's funny. I'm no rock expert, and I have no clue what kind of rocks these are. I tend to categorize my rocks by what they remind me of. So, here you go:     |
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jun 19, 2009 13:31:26 GMT -5
Yay, pics! ;D ...those look great, they should shine up nicely. Be sure to run another burnish stage after the polish. This definitely makes a difference.
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Mudshark
fully equipped rock polisher
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
Member since December 2008
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Post by Mudshark on Jun 19, 2009 15:10:42 GMT -5
Nice batch,they are looking good now.Gonna look great when done with polish.The Borax does make a big difference.Thanks for posting.
Mike
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 19, 2009 20:44:46 GMT -5
Looking real good so far! Beach rocks are always fun because they kind of come prerounded. Looks like some of them are real nice looking jasper!....Mel
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MikeS
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2009
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Post by MikeS on Jun 20, 2009 0:14:48 GMT -5
those are going to polish out nice I bet!
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Good Vibrations
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Overanalysis leads to Paralysis
Member since May 2009
Posts: 91
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Post by Good Vibrations on Jun 20, 2009 2:52:32 GMT -5
Thank you! Go figure though, I'm learning from the best!
Yes, beach rocks are cool because they already went through the rough stage. Which ones appear to be jasper?
It's now been about 12 hours in the polish, and I just pulled one out to check its progress. You know it's a good sign when you go to dry it off & think something's wrong with the towel!
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firstrune
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since January 2009
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Post by firstrune on Jun 21, 2009 17:16:11 GMT -5
Erica, I think those have turned out really nice! My favorite is the second from the last, it looks like a spiderweb inside a rock. How pretty.
Bonnie
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