Post by tkrueger3 on Aug 12, 2009 16:09:18 GMT -5
I started beach rocks in 3 different rotaries at 3 different times - some were in the vibe with other stuff even. At last, I had a pile of beach rocks that had all been through the 120/220 in rotaries. So I piled them all into the vibe, with no filler, and ran them with AO 500 for 2 days, with a cleanout between the 1st and 2nd day. Then I cleaned them and borax'd them and restarted with Rock Shed's 1000 AO. Ran that for 36 hours. Cleaned, borax'd, started again with Rock Shed's AO final polish. That went 24 hours, then borax'd again and ran another 24 hours with M-5 polish.
So, today I cleaned them out (no borax yet) and dumped everything out on the table on towels. After drying, I separated into 2 piles: the harder (ie, shinier) stones vs. the softer (ie, duller) stones. I will put the harder batch back into the vibe, fill it up with ceramics, and run for a day or 2 with chrome oxide polish. At that point, I will quit that batch and try to polish the current "dull" or softer rocks as a separate batch.
Pictures:
The dull batch
The dulls up close
The shiny batch
Shiny ones closer
And the 'hard' cabs that are in with the shiny ones
I know there are a bunch of stones in both batches that I will need to cut up and retumble after all is said and done, but that's ok - I'm leaving them in for now as filler, to give the vibe a full load. After all this, I'll post the 'final' pics to this thread.
Thanks for looking,
Tom
So, today I cleaned them out (no borax yet) and dumped everything out on the table on towels. After drying, I separated into 2 piles: the harder (ie, shinier) stones vs. the softer (ie, duller) stones. I will put the harder batch back into the vibe, fill it up with ceramics, and run for a day or 2 with chrome oxide polish. At that point, I will quit that batch and try to polish the current "dull" or softer rocks as a separate batch.
Pictures:
The dull batch
The dulls up close
The shiny batch
Shiny ones closer
And the 'hard' cabs that are in with the shiny ones
I know there are a bunch of stones in both batches that I will need to cut up and retumble after all is said and done, but that's ok - I'm leaving them in for now as filler, to give the vibe a full load. After all this, I'll post the 'final' pics to this thread.
Thanks for looking,
Tom
