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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 24, 2004 1:04:57 GMT -5
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Post by puppie96 on Apr 24, 2004 3:04:29 GMT -5
I've been doing backyard gravel with similar results.
Those are beautiful.
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Apr 24, 2004 7:53:15 GMT -5
Hey Kim, those look great! You are doing very well with the mixed loads. There are plenty of extra problems that come with running such varied loads, but you seemed to have them well in hand. It just never ceases to amaze me what "ordinary" rock really looks like!  Ron |
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Apr 24, 2004 10:25:30 GMT -5
I would have never thought those rocks were just ordinary driveway gravel had you not "told". They are so pretty! I really like the pinkish one in the top right of the second pic and the two in the middle of the last pic. Heck, I really like them all! Next time I need rocks, I might just order a few pounds of driveway gravel from you!  |
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Post by Noosh9057 on Apr 26, 2004 7:57:07 GMT -5
WOW thay look great. I would never thout thay would look so good.
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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 26, 2004 18:54:04 GMT -5
What people just roll over with thier car with no idea...!
Kim, what is the average size of the gravel before and after tumbling?
Seems like you could get some great gift ideas for these ;D
cookie
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 26, 2004 19:10:52 GMT -5
hi all---hey kim i gotta tell ya your gettin a better shine then im gettin from store bought rocks hahahaha i havent got a batch since my first one that i have kept they keep goin back in hahaha im gonna try what james is doin i orderd some tripoli from rock shed of course since i was makin an order i had to throw in some rocks too, you know to save on shipping hahahaha so i got 10lb of the large sodilite and 10lb of large blue jasper i think thats what it was called looked realy cool fig what the heck,,,so if ya see somebody in the drive way with a shovel its only me ill leave a few bucks under the mat hahahaha seeya ---- john
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Post by mrbrett on Apr 26, 2004 19:37:27 GMT -5
Wow! here in good ole' Indiana we just have lime stone for our drive ways. what type of driveway stone do you have? (Obviously the pretty kind)
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James
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Post by James on Apr 26, 2004 21:11:02 GMT -5
Very impressive. I can't belive that is driveway gravel! You must have one hell of a pretty driveway. What was you recipe? Did you use that SISA? |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 26, 2004 23:58:12 GMT -5
believe me my driveway is almost as unattractive as that dang fencing around the pastures- thank goodness the property is beautiful and distracts you from looking at those things - unless i get behind on mowing which is real easy to do - it's a never ending battle that is as big an obsession with me as the rocks. i need a tractor! but i do not want to pay for one  . i used the 1000 a.o. as a 4th step then the titanium with karo corn syrup in it. i haven't tried the sisa yet. oh and i skipped the burnishing phase this time and hand washed them in dawn complete. kim |
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MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Apr 27, 2004 8:04:20 GMT -5
Hey Kim, I have several large gravel pits in my area. The glacial ground around me is full of rock, but in places where the glacial outwash ran, the rocks became very densely packed as the dirt washed out of the area. Those areas are now huge gravel pits. When you order gravel or rock for your driveway here, that is where it comes from. It will be full of Jasper, Agate, Petrified Wood, Quartz and all manner of neat rock. If you order 10A rock it comes all washed and ready to go!
Ron
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 28, 2004 3:09:17 GMT -5
ron - if you order gravel here you can get what they call a grey slag i think or washed gravel. i'm sure either must be trucked in from somewhere else because we don't have any rocks in mississippi. the guy that sells the gravel thinks its funny that i tumble mine. my husband told him he better keep an eye on his piles ;D.
kim
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Post by creativeminded on Apr 30, 2004 11:02:19 GMT -5
WOW  , and to think they use that stuff for driveway gravel. Those turned out great. Tami |
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Marishiku
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Post by Marishiku on Aug 26, 2004 17:47:45 GMT -5
WOW! I can't believe that's actually drivway gravel!! Well, I got a load going now, but it's almost done, better go outside and grab some driveway gravel!! |
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Post by Cher on Aug 26, 2004 20:22:54 GMT -5
That is sooo cool! I was out in the alley picking up a few pieces today .... couldn't get to the gravel pit. LOL Hope mine turn out that nice, but no fair putting jelly beans in. I see that one in the second pic. Nice orange jelly bean.
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bwalters
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Post by bwalters on Aug 26, 2004 21:02:19 GMT -5
Kim,
Those are beautiful!!! I have a mixed load of pet. wood, picture rock, some of that dang purple agate that I've been tumbling since April, and some other stuff that is due out of polish tomorrow. If mine turn out just HALF as gorgeous as your driveway gravel, I will be a happy, happy girl!
Great job! What are you planning to do with them?
BE
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RiverOtter
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Post by RiverOtter on Aug 27, 2004 0:33:52 GMT -5
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MoonStone
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Post by MoonStone on Aug 27, 2004 7:37:40 GMT -5
Kim they are beautiful rocks ! Great batch you did! I'm doing mixed rocks as well, I can't wait to see how they turn out! My favorite from your batch is the one that looks like leopard skin at the left side in the first picture! Great job Kim!!! ;D |
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Post by Cher on Aug 27, 2004 8:14:22 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]ROFL[/glow]
Those do look like jelly beans. I can't believe how pretty driveway rocks turn out. I'm off to the cities tomorrow, hoping I get a chance to go looking for awhile.
Otter, thanks for the link to that thread.
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Aug 27, 2004 23:10:33 GMT -5
That really is some impressive gravel, and very nicely tumbled too! I hope you at least have to spend some time picking through the gravel to get stuff like that, and don't just go out and randomly scoop up a shovelfull, 'cause then I'd really be jealous!
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