felrock
starting to shine!
Done with the agates, now onto some Quartz!?!?
Member since July 2021
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Post by felrock on Aug 7, 2021 18:09:54 GMT -5
Today, I came back home listening to my tumbler. And it seemed to be tumbling a little bit rough.
The barrel also needed some burping. And it popped open. So I saw that the water was now higher leved than the rocks in there more than when I put the water in. So I'm guessing that I lost quite some volume in there.
I use the Nat Geo hobby tumbler and I haven't heard about adding some media in there right in the middle of the 2nd stage.
Has anyone ever added more ceramic media in the middle of a stage?
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Post by perkins17 on Aug 7, 2021 19:01:32 GMT -5
felrock, yes I have added ceramics in the middle of a stage and it doesn't really effect the tumbling (I think) you should be fine. I think if you have worries about scratched rocks, use broken in pellets. The second stage always seems to have to much water for me to. In summary, you can use pellets without issue. It's just like adding smooth rocks to the second stage.
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felrock
starting to shine!
Done with the agates, now onto some Quartz!?!?
Member since July 2021
Posts: 39
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Post by felrock on Aug 7, 2021 19:14:33 GMT -5
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afterburnt
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since June 2021
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Post by afterburnt on Aug 7, 2021 19:51:20 GMT -5
I hope you get good results.I get real careful after stage one and only use preped ceramics afterwards.
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Post by perkins17 on Aug 7, 2021 20:22:26 GMT -5
I add ceramics almost only after the first stage. I break them in during the second stage.
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felrock
starting to shine!
Done with the agates, now onto some Quartz!?!?
Member since July 2021
Posts: 39
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Post by felrock on Aug 7, 2021 22:29:13 GMT -5
Yeah I've heard that you can break the pellets in first and second stage.
Right now, my agates are pretty neat. I took some that were not going to the second stage and I just dried them up and rubbed them on my shirt and they have a slight shine.
I was surprised since it is only after first stage. But I've been running those rocks for two weeks in the coarse grit.
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lapis60
having dreams about rocks
Member since July 2021
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Post by lapis60 on Aug 8, 2021 8:49:12 GMT -5
I've started my 2nd week of course grind with a barrel of agates. I added some ceramics instead of rough. The tumbling sounds as it did the first week.
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