deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Sept 20, 2005 19:14:57 GMT -5
Hi All , here are some pics of the first pieces of my dug up Australian pet wood. I was not too impressed with the shine on them a few weeks ago and returned them to 600 grit again followed by another polish...another batch had done the same !! Now I have learned that I have to do the burnish a bit longer....me too I suffer from impatient-itis. One day burnish was not enough and these have had 3 days burnish. I had them out again after one day and still was not satisfied, so put them back in the barrel on advice of my son Henry . Great to get good advice from the younger generation. We oldies ( speak for myself) don't know everything yet ( anymore) I gave them a heavy dose of a block of sunlight soap. And I love them now !!! ;D ;D ;D    enjoy Jack |
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Post by sandsman1 on Sept 20, 2005 19:22:16 GMT -5
hey jack lookin good man nice grain and a great shine i like
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Post by rockds on Sept 20, 2005 19:30:37 GMT -5
Look really good, Jack - nice color and shine
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Post by Cher on Sept 20, 2005 19:47:56 GMT -5
Oooooooo Jack those are gorgeous! What beautiful colors you have, not to mention the rings and shine. Awesome job there!!
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Post by stoner on Sept 20, 2005 21:43:43 GMT -5
Wow. You should love them now. Nice job one those babies. Love the colors.
Ed
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textiger
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Post by textiger on Sept 20, 2005 23:32:11 GMT -5
Very pretty, Jack. Well done. I could look at those for hours, as I suspect you could, too.
matt
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Post by joe on Sept 21, 2005 0:03:29 GMT -5
Great shine Jack. Your patience paid off.
Joe
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J9
having dreams about rocks
Never met a rock I didn't like
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Post by J9 on Sept 21, 2005 0:16:42 GMT -5
Pet. wood has never been at the top of my favorite list, but I tell ya, looking at those rocks gives me second thoughts. Nice job!!!!
Janine
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Debs
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Post by Debs on Sept 21, 2005 1:32:59 GMT -5
Beautiful colors, patterns, and shine, shine, SHINE!
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Sept 21, 2005 2:26:15 GMT -5
Impressive, Jack. I'd heard that Aussie petwood is quite beautiful, and you've certainly got the material and the shine to back that up. I'm surprised that the multi-day cleaning in soap made such a difference for you. I've been trying to cut down this stage significantly as time goes on ... from several days, to half a day, to 4 hours... I should maybe think about this... BTW, you scooped me on the petwood pix by only minutes. I was loading some polished petwood pix I took today, only to check the board and see that you had posted your pix just 10 minutes earlier  . Guess I'll sit on my pix for a day or two. |
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deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Sept 21, 2005 4:30:53 GMT -5
Thanks all for your good comments.
I had 3 batches of polished rock that I was not happy with. One I chucked in the garden among other rejects, number two went into redo containers and number three went back into burnish, with the wished for results for all to see above.
I thought that my polish was perhaps contaminated, so put that aside and started a whole new charge in a cleaned barrel and new rocks...still not right after 1 day burnish. An other reason for the failure I thought might be the fact that I had quite a few agate in the mix. Proved that not to be the problem.
The Lortone book actualy says that burnish should take 4 days or more !!!!
Again I emphasize that patience is the all important bit we tend to overlook.
Jack
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Sept 21, 2005 7:13:51 GMT -5
Jack,
Ditto to what everyone else said. Great shine, grain, and colors. I am glad that I finally started some pet wood!
Steve
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Post by krazydiamond on Sept 21, 2005 8:15:41 GMT -5
 ;D ;D what an amazing batch you have there!!!! now, tell us, what is SUNLIGHT SOAP??? cuz i need some'o'dat stuff! i got a few batches of pet wood tumbling, hope it comes out close to that shine! way to go, Jack! KD
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Post by creativeminded on Sept 21, 2005 8:54:02 GMT -5
Those are beautiful. It still amazes me that that started out as wood.
Tami
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Post by rockyraccoon on Sept 21, 2005 9:47:21 GMT -5
jack those are fantastic. the burnishing huh? is that just on pet wood to extend it or on all types? i never run mine that long.
kim
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pekesmoke
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by pekesmoke on Sept 21, 2005 12:34:12 GMT -5
My favorite ! petrified wood..... very good shine, I can look at my pet wood and find something different to look at each time with each piece. I swear they change at night while I'm asleep and get better ! <G>
good job,
donna
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. Guess I'll sit on my pix for a day or two.
