robcindy
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Post by robcindy on Jan 11, 2011 16:46:00 GMT -5
What do I do with the sludge left over from my rock tumbling....can I just throw it out in the garbage, or in my garden??? Is it poisonous??? :help:
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Don
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Post by Don on Jan 11, 2011 16:51:28 GMT -5
pour it off into a bucket and then let the water evaporate. once dry you can dump it, trash it, whatever. Not really poisonous unless you're tumbling a lot of malachite...you definitely don't want to inhale the stuff though.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 11, 2011 16:54:28 GMT -5
Got any gophers in your area ? I pour it down gopher holes.The furry little critters hate it, and move to the neighbors yard.
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Jan 11, 2011 17:17:20 GMT -5
I put it in compost.
Chuck
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Post by bobby1 on Jan 11, 2011 17:38:41 GMT -5
I pour it out around the base of my newer oak trees. Our soil here is rather marginal and this has really gave them a boost! Bob
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Post by johnjsgems on Jan 11, 2011 19:10:54 GMT -5
I had to go back and read the question. I thought it was oil sludge from saws. I was trying to imagine pouring it down gopher holes, around trees, etc. Yes tumbling waste is full of minerals so can be really good for plants. Don't use borax though unless you are trying to get rid of your plants.
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Jan 12, 2011 5:52:58 GMT -5
I was just going to add that John ! - - - No Borax I put mine in the Dust bin (garbage ) as I use borax.
Jack Yorkshire UK
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Post by rocklicker on Jan 19, 2011 2:27:31 GMT -5
I let it evaporate in buckets and throw out the resulting chunks. Steve
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Post by 150FromFundy on Jan 19, 2011 21:10:30 GMT -5
I have a gravel driveway that has absorbed pounds of sludge over the years. A soak-away hole in the ground will work if you live in a more civilized area.
Darryl.
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Post by gaetzchamp on Jan 20, 2011 12:11:44 GMT -5
You should pour out the sludge into buckets and let the water evaporate off. Then break up the material and include it into your next tumbling batches. I've found that using it, in conjunction with your grit, helps keep the grit a little better and work faster.
TRH
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Post by rockrookie on Jan 20, 2011 19:35:30 GMT -5
i usually just pour mine into my gravel parking area . --paul
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jan 21, 2011 12:33:13 GMT -5
Just don't rinse it down the drain, it'll turn into cement in the pipes. I pour mine in the back yard.
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MikeS
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Post by MikeS on Jan 26, 2011 17:49:46 GMT -5
I pour mine in the flower garden...never has seemed to hurt anything....just don't pour it directly on any of the plants...it dries like concrete and that seems to not be so great for them...
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docharber
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Post by docharber on Jan 28, 2011 21:32:10 GMT -5
tumble mostly agate and other pretty innocuous stuff. I dump the sludge into the yard. It hasn't seemed to hurt a thing. Something finely divided like the dry sludge might be good in clay soils to break them up the way powdered gypsum does. I've been meaning to combine some of this stuff with potters' clay or porcelain/stoneware slip/clay just to see how it fires. The silicon carbide might make it really tough material.
Mark H.
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