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Post by connrock on Jan 16, 2015 9:58:13 GMT -5
James I always sprinkle my grit,polish and soap onto the rocks as they rotate. I sprinkle,,,,squirt,,,,sprinkle,,,squirt,,,etc,etc. The only time I dissolve the Dreft in hot water is when I'm doing a final clean out. connrock
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Post by connrock on Jan 16, 2015 10:06:57 GMT -5
I don't know what's wrong but if you ran the obsidian in 1000 24/7 you should have a pretty good shine on it. Running 1000 for a week should break it down to something like 12,000 so when you put the obsidian in the 2000-9000 it would naturally mar the finish cuz you went back to a rougher grit. The finish started getting better again when the 2000-9000 started breaking down and got near the 12,000 you already had with the broken down 1000,,,,, My 2 cents anyway! LOL connrock
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Post by jamesp on Jan 16, 2015 11:01:23 GMT -5
I don't know what's wrong but if you ran the obsidian in 1000 24/7 you should have a pretty good shine on it. Running 1000 for a week should break it down to something like 12,000 so when you put the obsidian in the 2000-9000 it would naturally mar the finish cuz you went back to a rougher grit. The finish started getting better again when the 2000-9000 started breaking down and got near the 12,000 you already had with the broken down 1000,,,,, My 2 cents anyway! LOL connrock Yes, learned that the hard way. Forward-backward-forward-backward. Aggravated in the rotary since it is slow to break grit down. Last week I put obsidian with bruises in SiC 220 to remove bruises using vibe. After 24 hours that 220 was toast. So I did it 4 times(2 tablespoons), a day each, to remove the deep bruises. No need to run it more than 24 hours each, that 220 was creamed. I would have used 90 or 120, but had none in stock. Love that vibe. The way you described it is just what happened. At the 220-500 step too. Ha, depleted some grit too, darn rotary has a big appetite. Vibe real flexible.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 16, 2015 11:06:39 GMT -5
James I always sprinkle my grit,polish and soap onto the rocks as they rotate. I sprinkle,,,,squirt,,,,sprinkle,,,squirt,,,etc,etc. The only time I dissolve the Dreft in hot water is when I'm doing a final clean out. connrock Only at final clean out-got it. The spray bottle and slow grit additions assures even grit mixing, I got that part.
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Post by captbob on Jan 16, 2015 11:07:26 GMT -5
Would ya buy some grit(s) already!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 16, 2015 11:17:40 GMT -5
Would ya buy some grit(s) already! Looks like a medicine cabinet as it is. more ? #$@%$%
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Post by captbob on Jan 16, 2015 11:22:02 GMT -5
The goal is to look more like your local pharmacy not your home medicine cabinet.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 16, 2015 12:13:40 GMT -5
The goal is to look more like your local pharmacy not your home medicine cabinet. Makes a great laxative, cleans out the plumbing and some, bloody right Mate.
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