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Post by ladyt on Dec 7, 2005 18:39:05 GMT -5
Hello again everyone. My tiger's eye is out of final polish. I'm very excited and consider my first tumble a success. Now that they are shiny, I can see where my faults are. #1 - Don't hit with hammer to break--use saw. #2 - Leave in 60/90 longer to finish shaping them. #3 - Use a few more pellets in the final polish. Other than that, I really like my tiger's eye. Take a look.      Thanks for taking a look. As you can see, they have a fractured appearance. I think that's from the hammer. I thought they were smooth when I took them out. I suppose they needed longer or use a saw instead. Sorry the first pic is alittle blurry. It almost looks like the polish has filled in the cracks. I scrubbed them with a brush, but it didn't come out. How do I get rid of the white in the fractured areas? These must have fractured in the polish, maybe not enough pellets. It didn't seem that they where clashing around in there. They sounded cushioned. Oh well. I'm proud of my first try. I will defiantly get some more and try again!! Just tumblin' away, Tonja |
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Post by rockds on Dec 7, 2005 19:02:09 GMT -5
Not bad and as you go you will learn more and more. You may want to try putting them in with some borax and pellets for a little while to help get cleaned up. You could also take them back a set or two and redo but you seem to have gotten the shine part right
robert
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 7, 2005 19:17:20 GMT -5
Hi Tonja, Those look great! The fractures must be common, mine had a ton of them. After some grinding and re-tumbling, I've gotten rid of most of the fractures. If you let them sit for a month or two, they will actually "bleed" white polish. Take the worst looking ones and run them with the next batch, that's what I've been doing. Everytime I tumble some jasper and agate, I throw in a hand full of tiger eye re-tumbles. The second time around always makes a big difference.
Randy
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Post by Alice on Dec 7, 2005 19:29:38 GMT -5
not bad!
I like the one in the last picture, left of the penny on the left. It's got a neat pattern
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Post by krazydiamond on Dec 7, 2005 19:38:39 GMT -5
not bad, not bad at all for a first go 'round. certainly much better than my first try!!!
keep at it, LadyT!
KD
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g0too
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by g0too on Dec 7, 2005 19:47:42 GMT -5
Well they look just great, a lot better than my first lot did which is why I didnt put pictures up of them but my second lot is due to go into polish tomorrow. Its a lot better now I have got 3 good tumblers instead of just one kids science tumbler, I have stones in every grit at the moment.
I learned from my first mistake with the first batch of stones when I bought a kids tumbler and spent money on 3 good ones.
Oh and your penny came up shining really well
Cheers Chris
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Post by Cher on Dec 7, 2005 20:31:56 GMT -5
A good lesson learned. I wouldn't have known that it fractured
that easily when being busted up. I'd toss the worst ones back
into coarse and let them go through the stages again. As far as
the polish in the fractures, try a borax wash, sometimes it comes
out, sometimes it never will.
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Post by creativeminded on Dec 8, 2005 8:10:45 GMT -5
Not bad at all for a novice you got a great shine on that tigereye.
Tami
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Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 8, 2005 10:38:21 GMT -5
nice 1st batch ladyT. keep up the good work. what do you have rolling now?
kim
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Dec 8, 2005 11:42:03 GMT -5
Great job- especially on a very challanging stone- You got the shine right- THe fractures are probably from them smacking in the polish- More pellets should help- also a burnish (borax and pellets) should help the white stuff- Tiger Eye is a harder stone to do so Congrates!
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Post by ladyt on Dec 8, 2005 13:08:03 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. I put them in a borax wash last night. We'll see if it
helped tonight.
I have amythsis tumbling now. Also, I have some obsidian
I got from Tellfamily, ready to start polishing.
I also purchased some malachite that I have been
cutting on the saw and shaping. I won't get to
tumble them until after Christmas. I have been
reading another post on those, so I'm kinda scared to try them!
Not sure if I spelled those 2 rock names right. Hope you
know what I mean. LoL
Thanks for everyones kind words and encouragement!
Tonja
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Post by xenaswolf on Dec 8, 2005 13:20:22 GMT -5
LadyT good luck on that ammy, its a beautiful stone but I swear its the bane of my existance LOL
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Post by LCARS on Dec 8, 2005 15:15:53 GMT -5
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JC
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by JC on Dec 9, 2005 11:54:52 GMT -5
Much better than my first try. You know the secrets now. Your next attempt should be great!
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Pebbles
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Post by Pebbles on Dec 9, 2005 13:00:58 GMT -5
Tigers eye is one of my favorite polished stones! I just love the depth that polishing gives 'em. Very nice work! May you have continued success!
Pebbles
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