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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2012 9:06:48 GMT 10
They look great mate! Well done.
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johnf
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Post by johnf on Apr 14, 2012 13:26:33 GMT 10
hello I found that if you check daily you will see the deeper pits and scratches will vanish , when this happens change to a finer grit until that has removed the scratches from the last grit and so on until your down to 2000 or 3000 grit from there i use cerium oxide mixed quite thick with water and washing up liquid. the grit is corundum , in uk I get it from the abrasives dealer , (i dont kow if there are such places in oz) but you probably have astronomy clubs etc that manufacture there own telescopes , they will use it and yes it does take a few weeks , you will soon get a "feel" for the job .. regards John
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Post by shivan on Apr 14, 2012 16:09:58 GMT 10
Thanks for the response guys, and thanks for the pointers johnf. After doing one batch from start to finish, i can see where i made some mistakes but most will be fixable by re tumbling i think. Out of all the rocks there are probaby only 3 or 4 which i dont think need any more work, alot of the shiney ones still have some small pits that need to be tidyed up. In the final polish i believe i did not have enough material in the barrel. I had more plastic pelots on order but was too impatient, i think this may account for a bit of the damage i see. Johnf may i ask if there is much differece adding washing up liquid with the polish? I have not heard of that before. I did read after the final polish you can burnish (wich i believe is just tubling with some hard soap). As my next batch come through i will add rocks from the first lot in the stages where i think they need more time  |
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hereskip
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Post by hereskip on Apr 14, 2012 20:58:18 GMT 10
Shivan there are looking great are they rocks you just picked up at oallen. It almost makes me want to start picking up rocks and getting a tumbler but I don't think I have the patience and would want to look all the time. and I think doing gold and sapphires is probally enough at this stage  but saying that the minister for war and finance just seen the pic's of yours and is like I found some pretty rocks maybe we should polish them up  . Keep up the good work mate, looking good. Regards skip |
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Post by shivan on Apr 15, 2012 8:39:00 GMT 10
G'day hereskip, There are alot of rocks there that i have collected, but they are mainly jasper and quartz and yes they are mostly from Oallen . The rest of the rocks came with the starter kit |
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but saying that the minister for war and finance just seen the pic's of yours and is like I found some pretty rocks maybe we should polish them up 
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