SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jun 17, 2005 3:15:52 GMT -5
Here's a finished batch of Mexican Crazy Lace. I finished this a week ago, and seemed pretty happy with the results. I had a few South Dakota Agates that I threw in to fill the barrels up. Right now I'm currently tumbling the rest of the South Dakota Agate mix. Man, this stuff is HARD! I had shards flying everywhere just trying to break it small enough for me 3lbr's. Enjoy the pictures! This stuff is just to addictive...but I LOVE IT! Steve  [img src="[http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/rockminer0/DCP_0395.jpg/img] ![]() i7.photobucket.com/albums/y265/rockminer0/DCP_0394.jpg"] |
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jun 17, 2005 3:17:46 GMT -5
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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 17, 2005 6:28:50 GMT -5
lookin good steve you got some great colors in ther and they got a great shine too (nice job)
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Post by Cher on Jun 17, 2005 6:51:31 GMT -5
Oooo gorgeous colors ... love the reds and a wonderful shine too.
Great job!! What kind of SD agates you talking about? Bubblegum
or prairie agate?
Cher
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Jun 17, 2005 7:38:07 GMT -5
Love that Mex. Lace and you have some beauty's there!
Be careful of those shards! I was busting something up on day and a shard embedded itself in my thigh! Needless to say, it hurt!
llana
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phoenix1647
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by phoenix1647 on Jun 17, 2005 7:39:48 GMT -5
Nice job on those mex lace....looking good.
Pho
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kurocks
having dreams about rocks
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Post by kurocks on Jun 17, 2005 8:09:34 GMT -5
Those are gorgeous! Very nice colors.
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Post by krazydiamond on Jun 17, 2005 8:32:31 GMT -5
 ;D i DO love mex. lace! got some real nice reds in there, Steve, what kind of polish did you use? the addiction only gets worse. KD
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Jun 17, 2005 8:52:06 GMT -5
Nice lace- Great shine on em!
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Tonya
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Tonya on Jun 17, 2005 8:53:57 GMT -5
Those look nice, nice and shiny, lots of colors.
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jun 17, 2005 15:13:54 GMT -5
KD,
I use Aluminum Oxide. I always put some Karo Syrup or Sugar in with the final polishing. It thickens the slurry up and I would guess cushions the rocks a little more. Thanks for all your KIND Comments....still learning!
Steve
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ArkieRockhound
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since February 2005
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Jun 17, 2005 19:08:19 GMT -5
Beautiful colors and shine. Do you save your polish? I started putting sugar in mine, and saved my polish. When I went to use it, it had soured. Smelled terrible, but still seems to work.
Trish
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jun 17, 2005 20:27:05 GMT -5
WOW! Beautiful colors in that lace! Can I ask where you got it? I make jewlery and stuff like that is top notch for me. Fabulous shine, too.
The wonderful thing about agates, as hard as they are the finished product is just glass like. Try cerium oxcide as a polish for agates. It's always given me awesome results.
Great job!
cookie
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Post by Alice on Jun 17, 2005 21:00:35 GMT -5
Great looking batch Seve!
I have a batch of Mex lace going right now. I'm very anxious to get them into the polish stage (They're going onto 5 weeks of coarse).
How many weeks of coarse did yours roll in?
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 17, 2005 21:03:52 GMT -5
really nice colors in those steve. great job!
kim
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cuervo73
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by cuervo73 on Jun 18, 2005 0:15:32 GMT -5
steve, thats a nice shine on that mex lace... I hope mine looks as nice. It is in 500 and ready this weekend to go into AO. ed |
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Post by stoner on Jun 18, 2005 2:13:56 GMT -5
Nice job on the lace. I like the deep red colors of Mex Lace. What's next?
Ed
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69beeper
spending too much on rocks
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Post by 69beeper on Jun 18, 2005 12:46:48 GMT -5
Wow, that's a nice batch of mex lace!! It sure turned out nice. Lots of color and excellent shine! Good job!
I got some mex lace from llana a while back that's still waiting for an empty barrel.. hopefully it won't be too much longer..
Thanks for the pics
Jimmy
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