NMRockhound
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Post by NMRockhound on Sept 21, 2005 0:16:37 GMT -5
Finally finished a batch of Arizona petrified wood, a mix of bought and found material. Overall, I'm quite happy with the results. Here's the recipe: 1. 5 weeks 60/90 2. 1 week 120/220 3. 1 week 500F 4. 10 days AO polish Here's the whole batch:  And here's a closeup of a few of the bigger/nicer stones:  |
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Post by joe on Sept 21, 2005 0:43:17 GMT -5
Those look great! Just the thing to give out for Halloween.  They look like a plate of candy. Joe |
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Post by sandsman1 on Sept 21, 2005 1:42:06 GMT -5
yea they came out great NM very nice shine that wood realy got agatized very cool
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Sept 21, 2005 2:06:02 GMT -5
Excellent material, excellent tumbling. End result -- fantastic.
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deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Sept 21, 2005 4:36:05 GMT -5
Beautiful colour and great agatised pieces. Lovely shine and all.
You do not mention the burnishing part of the operation. I just wondered if you would get an even higher gloss on your load. If I were you I would try it, as an extra bit of fun.
Jack
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Sept 21, 2005 7:10:03 GMT -5
Great Batch of Wood there! Halloween Colors for sure almost like Candy Corns. Thanks for sharing the ics.
Steve
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Sept 21, 2005 7:10:34 GMT -5
oopps...."PICS!"
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Post by krazydiamond on Sept 21, 2005 8:17:37 GMT -5
 ;D well done, NM! great shine! lovely material! KD
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Post by creativeminded on Sept 21, 2005 8:53:11 GMT -5
Those turned out beautiful. It might have taken along time but it was worth it.
Tami
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 21, 2005 9:06:51 GMT -5
Love that Arizona Pet wood! One of my favorites to tumble too. Hard though, the grind does take a long time. I tumble in Cascade dishwasher detergent for my burnish stage, seems to really clean and shine up the rock real fine.
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yeahda1
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Post by yeahda1 on Sept 21, 2005 9:32:56 GMT -5
great job I think I have a piece of that
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Post by rockyraccoon on Sept 21, 2005 10:12:19 GMT -5
great looking batch and so colorful.
kim
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Post by Cher on Sept 21, 2005 12:14:36 GMT -5
Beautiful! Awesome colors, I love batches that come out like that. Good job!!
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 21, 2005 13:26:19 GMT -5
First rate- Do you burnish em?
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NMRockhound
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Post by NMRockhound on Sept 21, 2005 14:56:07 GMT -5
Thanks for the enthusiastic comments. I left out the burnish step from my first post, but a 1-3 day burnish is standard practice for me. Actually, they looked really good coming straight out of polish, but I did the burnish anyway. I used about a teaspoon of laundry detergent.
Another thing I normally do is a one-day cleaning (using laundry detergent) before the polish stage, just to make sure there's no grit carry-over. Not sure if it's really necessary, but it doesn't hurt.
As sabre52 pointed out, this material is TOUGH! My next batch will be rose quartz, it's just about done with its first week of 60/90.
- Robert
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They look like a plate of candy.
