Post by tkrueger3 on Sept 7, 2009 22:57:12 GMT -5
A lot of you know I've been struggling all summer to learn how to "do" rocks, and that I have yet to find a way to get a good, "liquid" shine on them. Well, guess what - I done it! I'm totally thrilled, although I have no idea what I'll do with these besides just stare at them.
These have quite a saga behind them. I first started them July 7 - a mix of green moss and carnelian, all from the Rock Shed. They had 2 8-day runs in 60/90. Then I weeded out some bad ones, and didn't like how they were smoothing, so I started over with 46/70 on 7/21. Ran 8 days in that, then back to the 60/90. On 8/4, I boraxed, then started in 120/220 grit after adding plastic beads. That worked well, so on 8/10, I burnished and started in 220 graded. On 8/18, burnished and started with 500 AO. 8/24, burnish, go to AO 1000 "pre-polish". 8/30, burnished and did some Super Cerium polish because they weren't as shiney as I thought they should be.
Then today - VOILA! After burnishing and drying and removing the plastic and ceramics, here's what I ended up with.
Without flash, just overhead light
With flash
Tried some see-through shots, not very good at night, but whatever...
They still aren't up to the magnificent gleam a lot of y'all get, but for me, they are GrrrrrreeeEEAAATTE! I started these back before I had a clue - if I had known then, I would have cut a lot of them into preforms.
Thanks for looking, as always
Tom
These have quite a saga behind them. I first started them July 7 - a mix of green moss and carnelian, all from the Rock Shed. They had 2 8-day runs in 60/90. Then I weeded out some bad ones, and didn't like how they were smoothing, so I started over with 46/70 on 7/21. Ran 8 days in that, then back to the 60/90. On 8/4, I boraxed, then started in 120/220 grit after adding plastic beads. That worked well, so on 8/10, I burnished and started in 220 graded. On 8/18, burnished and started with 500 AO. 8/24, burnish, go to AO 1000 "pre-polish". 8/30, burnished and did some Super Cerium polish because they weren't as shiney as I thought they should be.
Then today - VOILA! After burnishing and drying and removing the plastic and ceramics, here's what I ended up with.
Without flash, just overhead light
With flash
Tried some see-through shots, not very good at night, but whatever...
They still aren't up to the magnificent gleam a lot of y'all get, but for me, they are GrrrrrreeeEEAAATTE! I started these back before I had a clue - if I had known then, I would have cut a lot of them into preforms.
Thanks for looking, as always
Tom
