nchillbilly
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since January 2018
Posts: 212
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Post by nchillbilly on Apr 22, 2018 23:47:29 GMT -5
Am I the only person on here that has pulled their hair out trying to get a decent looking batch of indigo gabbro, aka dendritic opal, aka mystic merlinite? I have run these in my vibe twice, ending up with less than stellar results. After final polish, they always come out with a great shine, but numerous small surface fissures, which give them a slightly frosted appearance. The final polish was as gentle as I could make it and still get enough action to actually polish them. I used a relatively large ratio of ceramics, along with 14000 a/o polish, and ran them for 3 days. I did this twice. I'm ready to set them aside for a while, or consider some form of stabilization material. Any suggestions?
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Post by orrum on Apr 23, 2018 6:32:31 GMT -5
Dome Things Do Better At Less Than 3 days. I have done as little as 12 to 18 hours in the Loto before. I check them by rinsing snd dryin a couple and if they look good I stop them.
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