Mazanec
spending too much on rocks
Member since March 2004
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Post by Mazanec on Apr 27, 2004 13:06:41 GMT -5
OK, this is probably nothing, but I just thought I would check. I changed my course grit early, after only three days (The reason I did this is because I had overloaded my barrels slightly, and I had to "push" them to start them turning. I was nervous about a power blackout causing the tumbler to stop and then not be able to get started again, maybe damaging something. Changing the grit would make the barrels a bit lighter, since I would get rid of the rock residue and would use a bit less water (as the stones were a bit smaller).). When I opened the barrels, one (the one near the motor) had slurry which looked like chocolate milk with a few tiny bubbles. The other had slurry which looked like brown bath suds, it had so many big bubbles. I opened the one near the motor first. I use a Lortone QT66. I am polishing flint with a few agates. No problemo?
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James
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since October 2003
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Post by James on Apr 27, 2004 16:42:16 GMT -5
Sometimes gas biulds up during the first coarse grit charge. The second time around, there is usually no gas.
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Post by Noosh9057 on Apr 27, 2004 18:13:58 GMT -5
I have found that a new barrel sometimes has a lot of suds. It mite be becouse of something in a new barrel.
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Post by creativeminded on Apr 29, 2004 14:57:31 GMT -5
I also think it makes a difference in the rock you tumble, the batch I did with bloodstone, sweetwater agate, and epidote, had a grey slurry, the batch I am currently doing is green quartz that Banjocreek sent me, hematite, and some other stones that I had seperated out of the sapphire and garnet gravel, has a milk chocolate brown slurry.
Tami
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Mazanec
spending too much on rocks
Member since March 2004
Posts: 355
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Post by Mazanec on May 1, 2004 0:26:09 GMT -5
As far as I knew, the two barrels were treated the same, the foamy one and the flat one...same rough, same grit, etc.
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