rockmomg
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Post by rockmomg on Apr 1, 2022 11:13:29 GMT -5
Can you rock tumble stalactites or will they fall apart?
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RWA3006
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Member since March 2009
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Post by RWA3006 on Apr 1, 2022 18:25:14 GMT -5
The ones I've tried were too soft and also delaminated like an onion losing it's layers.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 1, 2022 19:04:07 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum.
Being that they are a calcium carbonate, which is pretty soft they will not hold up. If you want to polish one a better bet would be to sand the surface down smooth, then use a buffer with a little Zam applied to the wheel to buff the stone. This will put a shine on softer stones and seal them at the same time.
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LazerFlash
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Post by LazerFlash on Apr 4, 2022 23:38:53 GMT -5
Being that they are a calcium carbonate, which is pretty soft they will not hold up. If you want to polish one a better bet would be to sand the surface down smooth, then use a buffer with a little Zam applied to the wheel to buff the stone. This will put a shine on softer stones and seal them at the same time. Hmmmm... Could they possibly be sliced/slabbed and then polished...?
I used to have several cylindrical ones that were about 2" in diameter. I would think that they would've made cool polished coin-like things. Sadly, over the years, most of my rock collection from Arizona has disappeared.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 5, 2022 3:19:32 GMT -5
Being that they are a calcium carbonate, which is pretty soft they will not hold up. If you want to polish one a better bet would be to sand the surface down smooth, then use a buffer with a little Zam applied to the wheel to buff the stone. This will put a shine on softer stones and seal them at the same time. Hmmmm... Could they possibly be sliced/slabbed and then polished...?
I used to have several cylindrical ones that were about 2" in diameter. I would think that they would've made cool polished coin-like things. Sadly, over the years, most of my rock collection from Arizona has disappeared. You can slice them, sand them down smooth then buff them with just a little Zam on the buffing wheel to give them a shine and to seal them.
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Post by stonemon on Apr 5, 2022 9:30:12 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum from Oregon!
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