Rock Tumbling : Rose quartz from start to finish in the lortone and lot-o tumblers.
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- My tumbling process goes as followed
1. Break or cut rocks into the right shapes and sizes I want for tumbling
2. I always start in my rotary tumbler and I roll them as many weeks as necessary to remove all the flaws. In my three pound barrel I use 3 tablespoons of 46-70 silicon carbide, in my 12lb barrel I use 14 tablespoons. I roll them a week then clean and inspect them. If they need more time I repeat this process. If I have more of the material I will remove any that are ready for the next stage and add new. I normally never use any Filler or media in coarse girt.
3. Once they are shaped and all the flaws are gone I move them to my lot-o vibratory tumbler for 189-220 silicon carbide. On this stage I do 2 one day runs with 1 tablespoons of 180-220 grit. I dump them and wash between the 2 runs. I always add ceramic media when I run in my lot-o and that media stays with that batch until they are done.
4. After the 180-220 stage it done I do a burnish run. For this I dump them and wash them and put them back it the barrel to clean the rocks and the barrel really good before the next stage. For the burnish I use 1 tablespoon of borax and run 1-2 hours.
5. After the burnish we are ready for 400-600 grit silicon carbide. On this stage I use 1/2 teaspoon of 400-600 grit and 1 tablespoon of borax and run for 3 days.
6. After 400-600 grit I run another burnish stage with 1 tablespoon of borax for 1-2 hours.
7. After burnish we are ready to run 1000 grit silicon carbide. This stage is also 1/2 teaspoon of 1000 grit and 1 tablespoon of borax and it runs for 3 days.
8. After 1000 grit I run another burnish with 1 tablespoon of borax for 1-2 hours.
9. Now we are ready for the polish stage. For this stage I run micro-alumina. I run a 1/2 teaspoon of the micro-alumina and 1 tablespoon of borax and it runs for 3 days.
10. After the polish is done I run another burnish stage and the rocks are done.
Awesome method, thanks for sharing! I have yet to move over to a vibe but clearly those a have better later stage performance and with less time! I have definitely found that the wider variety of sizes of rocks, the better the polish!
Thanks Ragnar! I've seen that you have some really nice shine on the rocks coming out of your rotary.
@@amrocktumbling8298 the best I can get really, fractures just break my heart
These are beautiful! Love it!!
Good job they came out nice
Thanks Wil. Looking forward to seeing the studs that come out of your next tumble!!
Where do you keep it such that the noise is not an issue?
I have all my tumblers in the garage and we can't hear anything in the house.
do you change
your grit every week?
In the rotary yes, rinse and change grit every week.