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Post by miket on Aug 20, 2018 11:19:18 GMT -5
I've seen a few posts on here regarding bubblegums, and I was just curious if anyone has any tips for tumbling them I collected this batch this past Saturday  |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Aug 20, 2018 11:38:55 GMT -5
You may want to take a look at their potential, here: bubble gum agateKen tkvancil put quite the shine on those. I'm sure that they can be tumbled like any other agate, just looks like it will take an abundance of patience. |
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Post by miket on Aug 20, 2018 11:58:34 GMT -5
You may want to take a look at their potential, here: bubble gum agateKen tkvancil put quite the shine on those. I'm sure that they can be tumbled like any other agate, just looks like it will take an abundance of patience. Thanks, yep I'm guessing they take an over-abundance of patience It's a skill I'm trying to learn- well, two skills Tumbling AND patience I used to think that I was a very patient person, but now I need to take it to a whole new level  |
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Post by tkvancil on Aug 21, 2018 9:35:17 GMT -5
Can't say I have any specific tips on tumbling Bubblegum. I treat them much the same as any agate/jasper.
They can have softer material which of course will undercut. It is also not uncommon to find hollow areas, or in some cases an entire nodule can be hollow.
First time I tumbled these I tried to tumble out every single flaw and ended up with a lot of small rocks. The batch mentioned in this post I took a more relaxed approach. If it looked good but had some inherent natural "flaws I kept it. Just made sure any cracks, voids or hollows were clean and they turned out fine.
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Post by miket on Aug 21, 2018 12:04:53 GMT -5
Can't say I have any specific tips on tumbling Bubblegum. I treat them much the same as any agate/jasper. They can have softer material which of course will undercut. It is also not uncommon to find hollow areas, or in some cases an entire nodule can be hollow. First time I tumbled these I tried to tumble out every single flaw and ended up with a lot of small rocks. The batch mentioned in this post I took a more relaxed approach. If it looked good but had some inherent natural "flaws I kept it. Just made sure any cracks, voids or hollows were clean and they turned out fine. I did like the ones that you posted, I guess it will just take patience. Eventually I'll try a few and maybe let a few slip by with the natural flaws. I'll make sure and clean them up good, it sounds like that might be the most important part of moving them on. Thanks. |
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