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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 24, 2004 20:12:45 GMT -5
hi all, I started a batch of quartz (from my back yard) a week ago. I checked it tonight and there is something strange about the slurry. I use 600 grit for first grind, and it hasn't coated the top of my vibe tumbler like the last batch did. It's kinda thin and there in a lot of grit in the bottom. I can see some changes in most of the stones but I put exactly 3# in and they weigh about the same now. I had emeralds rubies and saphires in the first batch and seem to move faster. I added more grit. Should I just dump it and star over? cookie
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 24, 2004 21:48:00 GMT -5
did you mean to start with the pre-polish grit? i start with 60/90 grit.
kim
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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 24, 2004 22:12:25 GMT -5
OK this is embarassing Stacked my boxes up in the wrong order. Wow, that was stupid. I, uh, Think I'll start over. Thanks rocky, for having the guts to point out my mistake. cookie PS Wonder how this will affect the coarse grind. I use (or should have used) 80. I'm gonna go suck my thumb now. cookie
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 24, 2004 23:13:45 GMT -5
it won't hurt a thing and don't be embarassed - we are all human - you gave 'em a nice scrubbing before course grit ;D
kim
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Post by hermatite on Apr 25, 2004 8:16:44 GMT -5
It's so easy to get the grits mixed up...I've color colded the margarine containers by putting a band of different colored duct tape around each one. It works great for days when I'm dozy. Too bad I don't have that same system for everything...yesterday I cleaned the bathroom with woolite carpet cleaner instead of Shower Power.
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bschultz
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2004
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Post by bschultz on Apr 25, 2004 10:13:17 GMT -5
With so many containers around the house it's easy to get mixed up. I don't read so good without my glasses. It can be a real problem in the shower. One day I shampooed my hair with Draino. I've had a bad hair day every since.
Bob
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Mazanec
spending too much on rocks
Member since March 2004
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Post by Mazanec on Apr 25, 2004 11:26:53 GMT -5
bschultz: You're lucky you didn't end up with a bad eyeball day!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 25, 2004 11:31:58 GMT -5
yeah deodorant doesn't work so good for hairspray either - especially if it's the powder kind - but your head won't sweat in the summer kim
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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 25, 2004 14:47:55 GMT -5
I sprayed lysol on my hair thinking it was hairspray. Had really fresh germ free hair! THANKS FOR MAKING ME FEEL BETTER EVERYONE ;D
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llanago
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2004
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Post by llanago on Apr 25, 2004 16:17:59 GMT -5
You guys are crackin' me up! I have done the same thing but I have done even worse! And I can't believe I am going to fess up - thus far I haven't told a soul because it is not only embarrassing as he**, but downright gross. One day not too long ago I saw this really cool piece of wood on the ground. I reached down and grabbed it only to discover it was dog poop! If I was a screamer/crier, I would have screamed and cried all the way home. And, that's my most embarrassing story - or at least one of them.
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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 25, 2004 17:44:33 GMT -5
Maybe the dog ate a really cool piece of wood....?
Yep, life is good again.
cookie
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 25, 2004 18:55:25 GMT -5
llana you made me choke on my coffee, lol.
i'll share a good 'en especially since its not on me. when i worked with the elderly there was a lady that had to go to the gynecologist and spiffed up with some of that fds spray that her grandaughter had. the doctor kept laughing and asking her about spiffing up for the day so when she got home she went to check what she'd used - she'd used the glitter spray!
kim
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llanago
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2004
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Post by llanago on Apr 25, 2004 19:39:52 GMT -5
So, she was a real Glitter Girl! When I had surgery years ago, when I went back to the dr. for my check up, he nearly fell off his little rolling stool when he opened the gown and looked at my incision. I had made my boob into eyes, with long eyelashes, my belly button into a nose and the incision was the mouth. Cracked the doc up and I'm surprised I didn't bust some stitches while my hubby (now x) and I painted it. We laughed so hard and it hurt so bad! But seeing that doctor's face when he saw my other face was worth the pain. ;D
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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 25, 2004 21:11:30 GMT -5
Every time I think"no one can top that one", some one does. I've created a(very funny) monster board. ;D
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