stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 6, 2005 12:04:07 GMT -5
Well here they are- so far the recipe is: 2 to 4 weeks in 60/90 recharged once a week 6 weeks in 120/220 (no peeking!) THe slurry out of the 120/220 was like heavy cream- so incredibly smooth and thick- next time I think I'm gonna add more water but the rocks were incredible smooth- worth the wait- I went to prepolish with em First up Owhee Picture Jasper  Then Burro Creek Agate  Then FOssil Agate  Then some Jasper and Hemitite  and finally some odds and ends  I am trying a new setting on the camera- not sure I like it |
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Post by krazydiamond on Sept 6, 2005 12:10:24 GMT -5
how long are you going to run them in prepolish? looking good so far!
KD
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Post by stefan on Sept 6, 2005 12:21:23 GMT -5
I'm gonna check em in a week- let them go longer if they need it- But I'm kinda getting edgy- this dang project has set me WAYYYYY behind- and checking my log book I have not pulled a batch out of polish in over 3 months!!!!!
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Post by Cher on Sept 6, 2005 14:13:15 GMT -5
Stefan, how many barrels do you have? (if you don't mind me asking) Just curious because if this works and you can skip steps, you're still not loosing too much time. I am so impressed tooo grasshoppa, you have learned patience so well. *smile* (you rock Stefan)
Cher
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Post by rollingstone on Sept 6, 2005 14:19:45 GMT -5
Stefan, you win the gold medal for patience! If you haven't already put them in pre-polish, it might be interesting to hold back a few rocks, skip the pre-polish stage with them, and put them directly into polish when the other stones are done in pre-polish. That could tell you if you can even skip the pre-polish stage with this method.
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Post by Alice on Sept 6, 2005 23:28:01 GMT -5
pictures are pretty small on my end, but from what I can make out, they look pretty good
Can't wait to see if they take a prepolish & polish
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 7, 2005 9:58:26 GMT -5
Yea I'm playing with the camera- they are a bit small but I have a crappy laptop at home so I never know what they will look like till i get to work! LOL- Cher I have 3 barrels running at the present time- One dedicated to pro polish and polish- one dedicated to course and one that runs whatever in between- I will be adding 2 more very soon (especially with gas like it is my credit card rewards are adding up quickly!) Rolling- yea they all went in! I was thinking about skipping the prepolish- but I love what it does and these did not look like the stuff I normally pull out of pre-
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chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Sept 7, 2005 13:17:11 GMT -5
Looking good Stefen...you do have patience...they do look incredibly smooth. Is that obsidian in the odds and ends? csroc
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 8, 2005 13:51:40 GMT -5
Nope- Some local black something or other- with a quartz vien running thru! Something my dad collected and wanted me to tumble- BTW the pro polish in the above post should be PRE polish- I would blame it on spell check but I guess I spelled pro right-
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Post by Cher on Sept 8, 2005 13:54:43 GMT -5
How long you going to let them go in the pre-polish?
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 8, 2005 13:57:38 GMT -5
1 week- hopefully- That is all it should take
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Post by Cher on Sept 8, 2005 14:04:31 GMT -5
How's the plexi lid doing, can you see through it at all anymore?
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 8, 2005 14:51:37 GMT -5
Yea- Still hanging in there- course it's shut down till I remember to pick up more teflon tape- Tonight- Must stop at hardware store on way home!!!!!
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Post by Cher on Sept 8, 2005 14:53:55 GMT -5
Here's how I make sure my hubby remembers things.
I take a post it note and staple it to his forehead ...
try it, always works for me. *smile*
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 9, 2005 10:15:23 GMT -5
Yea it worked- remembered the yogurt and the teflon tape- But forgot to fire up the barrel- well there was a box hanging on the mail box yesterday- and well you know it was heavy and all and well Heck I ain't gotta tell you how easily the mind gets distracted by a box! Oh and the wife thanked me for remembering the yougurt- Then pointed out that it NEEDS to be put IN the fridge- Not left laying out on the counter- well see hun- there was this box......
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Post by xenaswolf on Sept 9, 2005 10:50:22 GMT -5
You mean yogurt can go bad? Hmmm isn't that like sour cream going bad? I thought that was the POINT ROFL
What was in da box???
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 9, 2005 14:32:23 GMT -5
Well rocks of course- I'll get to posting pix as soon as - ahh who am I trying to kid- Hell you'll get pix when i'm freakin ready to waste time posting em- Ooops sorry no actually I'm gona try to get the backlog of pictures up this weekend- but you see there was this box........
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Post by Cher on Sept 9, 2005 14:44:49 GMT -5
Well, you'd best get your freakin toosh ready and post some pics. You got no right at all holding back on us like that. You know we need eye candy here so get with the program and start snappin!
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