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lotarocks43 no posts Member since February 2005 Posts: 0	slab Nov 4, 2004 20:39:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lotarocks43 on Nov 4, 2004 20:39:43 GMT -5 here is a slab of agate that i pulled out of my vib18 but i have a lot of polish sticking to my rocks its hard to get off am i using to much

rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	slab Nov 4, 2004 21:01:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 4, 2004 21:01:34 GMT -5 very nice! when i've had polish sticking to mine it's because i have rough spots, pits, cracks OR a softer material mixed in my stone that is rougher and collects polish. but there may be other reasons that i don't know of. kim

deepsouth fully equipped rock polisher He who rocks last rocks best Member since January 2004 Posts: 1,256	slab Nov 4, 2004 22:01:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by deepsouth on Nov 4, 2004 22:01:24 GMT -5 Have you tried to wash this very nice looking agate with soap and warm water, toothbrush? Won't hurt it Jack

Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	slab Nov 4, 2004 23:45:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Nov 4, 2004 23:45:51 GMT -5 WoW that's cool! I wash a lot of my rocks with Simple Green, seems to work really good. Cher
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lotarocks43 no posts Member since February 2005 Posts: 0	slab Nov 5, 2004 8:52:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lotarocks43 on Nov 5, 2004 8:52:29 GMT -5 thanks the best i have found is laundry detergent i just thought somebody else had better luck with something else

sandsman1 In Memoriam RIP John "sandsman1" Member since December 2003 Posts: 11,341	slab Nov 6, 2004 3:03:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sandsman1 on Nov 6, 2004 3:03:29 GMT -5 lota---thats one great lookin agate you got there
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krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	slab Nov 7, 2004 18:27:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Nov 7, 2004 18:27:56 GMT -5 gorgeous stone there, lotarocks, what kind of agate is it, do you know or should we just come up with a name for it...hahaha...we are getting good at it! hope you get good final results, KD
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Post by cookie3rocks on Nov 7, 2004 21:37:09 GMT -5

Borax my friend. Let Borax be your friend. I just finished a batch that retained a lot of polish in the soft spots and I did 2 12 hr borax burnishes and Viola! Clean as a wistle. I did 2 because after the first 12 hrs there was so much removed polish in the water I dumped, rinsed, and did it again. And it almost seems to help polish the stones a little more.
Beautiful stone, by the way

If you hit the speed bumbs really fast, you hardly feel them at all.

lotarocks43 no posts Member since February 2005 Posts: 0	slab Nov 7, 2004 21:46:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lotarocks43 on Nov 7, 2004 21:46:02 GMT -5 thanks i dont know what kind of agate i bought it at the rock shop and gave it a try, turned out pretty nice. So you will just have to pick a name for it

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