My second batch
Oct 25, 2018 22:34:26 GMT -5
mossyrockhound, Drummond Island Rocks, and 8 more like this
Post by beefjello on Oct 25, 2018 22:34:26 GMT -5
So I took these out of pre-polish back in May.. of 2007 
Yeah that's when I fell headlong into cabbing and never looked back. Back then I had a Thumbler Model B and a Workforce tile saw. A few weeks ago I found a long lost container in my garage and remembered that I picked up a used Raytech vibe a few years back and decided it was time to try and finish them. These went about 22 hours in a dedicated polish bowl. I rinsed them well, put them in the bowl and added 2 tablespoons of Cerium Oxide. I had a very good 'folding action' going on, and was careful not to add too much water. 12 hours later I added a couple squirts from a water bottle. Several hours later I added a few drops of dish soap and a couple more water bottle squirts and ran for 15 minutes then cleaned up the lot. Here's my7 results
The vibe was a little more aggressive than what I imagined. I understood that it was a 4 lb bowl, I weighed what I added and it was just a couple ounces over 4 lb. I never thought that I should have done less and added some ceramics?
Anyway some groups
This was the very first self collected stuff I found.. quartz with fuchsite from Maricopa
More self collected, mostly from Brenda
Quartz crystals I collected with Jamie desertdweller way back when
Dalmatian.. this took a matt finish at best
Some picture jasper pendants I remember cutting with my Work Force, and some stuff from snowdog
Some Blues
Amy I believe from Rock Shed
Crazy stuff I think was also RS
Misc. that took a good shine
So again it seemed the vibe was pretty aggressive or I just didn't cushion it well. I did have a bunch of smalls. Many broke and I had these at the bottom
Anyway, there you have it from and old time newbie
Yeah that's when I fell headlong into cabbing and never looked back. Back then I had a Thumbler Model B and a Workforce tile saw. A few weeks ago I found a long lost container in my garage and remembered that I picked up a used Raytech vibe a few years back and decided it was time to try and finish them. These went about 22 hours in a dedicated polish bowl. I rinsed them well, put them in the bowl and added 2 tablespoons of Cerium Oxide. I had a very good 'folding action' going on, and was careful not to add too much water. 12 hours later I added a couple squirts from a water bottle. Several hours later I added a few drops of dish soap and a couple more water bottle squirts and ran for 15 minutes then cleaned up the lot. Here's my7 results
The vibe was a little more aggressive than what I imagined. I understood that it was a 4 lb bowl, I weighed what I added and it was just a couple ounces over 4 lb. I never thought that I should have done less and added some ceramics?
Anyway some groups
This was the very first self collected stuff I found.. quartz with fuchsite from Maricopa
More self collected, mostly from Brenda
Quartz crystals I collected with Jamie desertdweller way back when
Dalmatian.. this took a matt finish at best
Some picture jasper pendants I remember cutting with my Work Force, and some stuff from snowdog
Some Blues
Amy I believe from Rock Shed
Crazy stuff I think was also RS
Misc. that took a good shine
So again it seemed the vibe was pretty aggressive or I just didn't cushion it well. I did have a bunch of smalls. Many broke and I had these at the bottom
Anyway, there you have it from and old time newbie
~Duke
