tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on Sept 27, 2014 0:19:32 GMT -5
Pretty dang happy about how this batch turned out. Had some bumps ... gassed off on me once, had about 1/2 a cup of slurry and grit to clean up. Added too much water on the second round of coarse grind and got a lot of pits. Took three rounds of coarse grind when it should of taken two. Used 600 SIC for a prepolish but it didn't produce a shine so had to add another step with AO 1000. Let the cat come into the rock room ... he laid in a bowl of reclaimed polish ... cat's aren't good helpers All the Snowflake Some of my favorites All the Apache Tears They took a really nice shine. The glass And I have favorites of these too. And the Etc. Thanks for looking and keep on rollin' them stones.
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booboo
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Post by booboo on Sept 27, 2014 0:38:43 GMT -5
awesome pics! love the snowflakes thanks for sharing 'em
joe
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Post by captbob on Sept 27, 2014 0:41:50 GMT -5
Outstanding!! What a shine.
I've got to do an obsidian batch this winter, hope I can come close to how good your stones look.
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Post by pghram on Sept 27, 2014 10:11:49 GMT -5
Super batch & nice self portrait.
Rich
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cardiobill
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Post by cardiobill on Sept 27, 2014 10:16:14 GMT -5
I love snowflake obsidian and you did them up right!! Great job Really nice shine The glass is also really cool- was it from broken up bottles? Thanks for posting
Bill
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Post by beefjello on Sept 27, 2014 10:44:56 GMT -5
You really nailed that batch.. most excellent results!!
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Henry
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Post by Henry on Sept 27, 2014 11:22:48 GMT -5
Wow, awesome job! Never knew glass could take a polish that well.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 27, 2014 11:47:36 GMT -5
I see a 'how to' by tk. Awesome batch.
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Sept 27, 2014 11:59:08 GMT -5
Our compliments on a fine job with difficult material, like the glass too, entire batch good to look at.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 27, 2014 12:31:01 GMT -5
You knocked this one out of the park. All of it looks perfect. Great job.
Chuck
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panamark
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Post by panamark on Sept 27, 2014 12:34:16 GMT -5
Great job on those! Where did you get the red glass. I have been looking for some - even old broken tail light glass. But no luck.
Thanks for sharing.
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tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on Sept 27, 2014 12:36:07 GMT -5
I love snowflake obsidian and you did them up right!! Great job Really nice shine The glass is also really cool- was it from broken up bottles? Thanks for posting Bill Most of the rock collecting I do locally is around creeks and rivers. Popular recreation and fishing areas. I always pick up the glass I find while looking for rocks. Some is of it is older stuff, the thickness and color you don't find these days. So yes broken bottles and jars.
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tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on Sept 27, 2014 12:38:56 GMT -5
I see a 'how to' by tk. Awesome batch. Thanks. Followed Krystee's tutorial. She's really got it right. I did learn that AO outperforms SIC as a prepolish in a vibe.
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tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on Sept 27, 2014 12:43:16 GMT -5
Great job on those! Where did you get the red glass. I have been looking for some - even old broken tail light glass. But no luck. Thanks for sharing. The red glass came from along the railroad tracks. Maybe an old lens from a signal lantern? I've been wanting more ... look at Wally World and Goodwill Store when I'm there. Have seen some but it's too thin to mess with, still looking.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 27, 2014 15:07:51 GMT -5
Awesome shines on all of it!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 27, 2014 17:28:37 GMT -5
Great job on those! Where did you get the red glass. I have been looking for some - even old broken tail light glass. But no luck. Thanks for sharing. The red glass came from along the railroad tracks. Maybe an old lens from a signal lantern? I've been wanting more ... look at Wally World and Goodwill Store when I'm there. Have seen some but it's too thin to mess with, still looking. Red glass is rare. In the old days it was colored by adding gold. They may still do it that way. and yellow glass was about half as valuable, it was colored with silver. We see it in a flea market or salvage store and buy it. Have a big heavy ash tray made of it, and a heavy lamp shade. Hard to find though.
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Sept 27, 2014 19:38:15 GMT -5
You killed the shine on the Apache Tears...Well done on all of it....John
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Post by Toad on Sept 28, 2014 5:49:45 GMT -5
Great job on difficult material. Fantastic shine!
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rodeodan
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Post by rodeodan on Sept 28, 2014 23:14:06 GMT -5
gorgeous!!
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unclesoska
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All those jade boulders tossed in search of gold!
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Post by unclesoska on Sept 29, 2014 0:06:28 GMT -5
Love all forms of obsidian and you certainly did that batch justice. The glass is outstanding also! Rock On!
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