BC Ocean Jasper Show piece for a Juried Show

ilickrocks
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BC Ocean Jasper Show piece for a Juried Show Dec 18, 2014 22:26:00 GMT -5

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Post by ilickrocks on Dec 18, 2014 22:26:00 GMT -5

Dec 17, 2014 11:40:50 GMT -5 spiritstone said:

Dec 16, 2014 22:13:19 GMT -5 ilickrocks said:

Nothing special, we worked it down in increments finishing up with a 50,000 grit. This was done on our garage grinding wheels. We have learned the hard way to scrupulously clean each belt after use and to wash the stone several times between grit. It really does make a difference. I polished the silver with a dremel, left the stone alone as we haven't had good luck with any of the polishes on stones.

Good to know. I never took it to a 50000 stage. Thought I could get away with a less grit like most jaspers can take.

We like to take all our stones to 50K, the high polish on some of the jaspers are almost mirror like!

spiritstone
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BC Ocean Jasper Show piece for a Juried Show Dec 19, 2014 9:29:56 GMT -5

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Post by spiritstone on Dec 19, 2014 9:29:56 GMT -5

Dec 18, 2014 22:26:00 GMT -5 ilickrocks said:

Dec 17, 2014 11:40:50 GMT -5 spiritstone said:

Good to know. I never took it to a 50000 stage. Thought I could get away with a less grit like most jaspers can take.

We like to take all our stones to 50K, the high polish on some of the jaspers are almost mirror like!

Are you using a diamond paste for the polish, any cerium or tin oxide?. I can get the mirror look on almost all my cabs, but this BC jasper is just giving me a hard time.

because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know.

ilickrocks starting to spend too much on rocks Member since April 2014 Posts: 133	BC Ocean Jasper Show piece for a Juried Show Dec 19, 2014 14:11:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ilickrocks on Dec 19, 2014 14:11:34 GMT -5 No, no paste of any kind. I think the most important thing is a completely clean belt and stone

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BC Ocean Jasper Show piece for a Juried Show Dec 19, 2014 21:12:10 GMT -5

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Post by spiritstone on Dec 19, 2014 21:12:10 GMT -5

Dec 19, 2014 14:11:34 GMT -5 ilickrocks said:

No, no paste of any kind. I think the most important thing is a completely clean belt and stone

Havent put paste on it, good thing I asked first. I run a drip system so water and a clean surface should not be my issue, no scratching on the cabs. It sounds to me I need to go to 50k and by the looks of it too.

Thank you.

because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know.