HIGH SPEED ROCK TUMBLING - BRILLIANT POLISH

HIGH SPEED ROCK TUMBLING - BRILLIANT POLISH - WITHOUT CHEATING!

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2 жыл бұрын

High speed rock tumbling without cheating! I wanted to see how quickly I could do a rock tumble and still have a reasonable polish on the stones. This little test far exceeded my expectations! I managed to produce a brilliant polish on Agate hard beach pebbles, Jasper, Quartz and Agates in just 10 days, no cheating and no secret ingredients.
If you are a beginner at rock tumbling or a bit more experienced but struggling to get a good finish on your stones YOU CAN ALSO DO THIS!
Simply follow the steps laid out in this video and you can be doing super quick rock polishing time after time.
I tumbled these in my National Geographic Hobby tumbler using silicon carbide and Aluminium Oxide grits finishing off with my favorite polish.

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@romfordfossilhunters4646 6 ай бұрын

As a fossil collector, my wife and I also collect so many beautiful stones for polishing. Thanks very much for posting this very educational video that will hopefully stop me using wallpaper paste to thicken my tumbles and inferior grits. Off to order some tin oxide 👏👏🙌👍🥂

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 6 ай бұрын

I do not use any additives now, no soap or borax, just poly beads and grit. Best of luck!

@colin7096 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliantly informative, and great too to have UK based videos on rock tumbling as so many are US.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, I have more in the pipeline! Thanks for watching.

@erniesmith4344 5 ай бұрын

I always wondered about what you've just demonstrated. Thanks for your experience!

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@queenbee9505 Жыл бұрын

In the US, Cerium oxide is glass polish and provides a much higher shine than Aluminum oxide at 1500 grit. The specs for cetium is 50k mesh but some describe that as 8 to 12k grit. When I want a candy apple finish on my tumble and have already had the stones in polish,I upgrade to cetium which is vety expensive ( about 35 to 60.00/lb) so cetium is my go to to bump up my finish but I try to be selective with use since it is so expensive. Cetium is also used to polish out small scratches in glass and mirror it is recommended to use a respirator with cerium oxide.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the interesting information. here in the UK it is difficult to find out the grit size of the oxide powders available. Cheers

@homebrewer7 5 ай бұрын

At 87 years I received a Christmas present from my wife. A small rock tumbler kit. I have it tumbling past three days6

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 4 ай бұрын

Best of luck and enjoy!

@TheWickedPebbles 3 ай бұрын

Nice. Happy little tumbles.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 3 ай бұрын

happy tumbles to you!

@staceysakkinen1270 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this video. Very interesting and most helpful.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching

@mr.niceguy3760 2 жыл бұрын

This was really informative, thank you

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@xinmao8117 Жыл бұрын

Super shiny!🎉

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@zeichner42 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent choice of stones & really nice polish!

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@LuckenbachTexas7499 9 ай бұрын

🍻Good Show, Chap! I've got my first batch of pretty rocks that's been smoothed out to an 80 - 120 grit fineness with an angle grinder and a dremel tool in the tumbler right now. My process is nearabouts the same as what you are doing here. It's looking like they will be completely ready in a week or even less.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 9 ай бұрын

Gosh, smoothing off by hand takes a lot of work! Can I ask why you don't simply let the tumbler do the job? Not criticising just interested. Let me know how you get on. Cheers!

@nicolagraynewzealandrockho8976 Жыл бұрын

Those look incredible. I'm enjoying experimenting with tumbling.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, trying things out is half the fun! One tip, makes notes! Best of luck.

@tomg3285 2 жыл бұрын

Great information as always I appreciate the layout of the video description✌️

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

@helencalnan.30 Жыл бұрын

.k8

@zoozolplexOne Жыл бұрын

beautiful

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@virtualan 2 жыл бұрын

Very good. Just ordered myself some of that tin oxide :)

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@symonrocks9847 5 ай бұрын

There is no cheating polishing is polishing, trim your stones, put them in 60 grit and leave for a week, clean and polish for three days.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 5 ай бұрын

OK.

@Thoricsuperman 8 ай бұрын

Do you still make videos? Love this stuff

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 8 ай бұрын

Been out for a while but getting back into it soon, Cheers!

@WagonPilotAdventures 2 жыл бұрын

Nice polish on those. I need to shop around for a decent price for tin oxide over here in the US.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

One tip, checkout the descriptions of polishes on stone and marble tool suppliers, the Tin Oxide I buy is marketed as "Malaysian Pote" (Marble polish) But the description tells you it is 99% Tin Oxide. Good luck with your search!

@jontypiper9881 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a book on rock tumbling whilst on holiday as a kid back in the 80s, I was fascinated by it but it never went any further than looking through the book. I think one reason I never did anything was a lack of information for that era, fast forward 40 years and I have a daughter that is now interested in the subject so have ordered the same tumbler you use, hopefully we'll have some fun with this, thanks for your content 👍

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy your tumbling!

@jontypiper9881 2 жыл бұрын

@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 and you and meant to thank you for your content 👍

@generalawareness101 Жыл бұрын

Parallel to my own timeline experiences as well. You are right the library was a gold mine, but you can only do so much with static pictures, and words whereas 40 years later we have videos.

@jontypiper9881 Жыл бұрын

@@generalawareness101 definitely there's so much content nowadays it really paves the way in helping. An update is that I had to return my tumbler as it kept switching itself off, with it running the garage this was off no use to me as I had no record as to when it had stopped and how much tumbling time I'd lost, maybe it's something I'll come back to.

@generalawareness101 Жыл бұрын

@@jontypiper9881 Yes, I figure I will get into this around Christmas unless the world falls into a global depression which economists say is highly likely. One thing that nothing said in those books that I now have learned is to use the roughing tumble on a drum then the other passes in a vibratory as it will go by faster with far better results. What is bad is not so much the cost of the machine, though they can be expensive, it is the media needed as metal prices have gone through the roof besides just simply not being available.

@suebland14 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video and amazing shine on those stone. Can I ask where in the uk you get your grits and polish?

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sue, the aluminium oxide I get here: www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/abrasives/abrasive-powder-grit/aluminium-oxide-abrasive-grit The tin oxide here, though only in 1kg tubs www.stonetools.co.uk/chemicals/polishing-powders (Pote Malaysia) For smaller lots of polish you can try here: www.ctmpotterssupplies.co.uk/polishingpowders.html. bit of a faff as you have to email them but they are a lot cheaper than tumble shops. Best of luck!

@neseirf70 Жыл бұрын

I'm very new to this and was wondering have you ever heard of using walnut shells ? Have you ever tried it? Great video as always!

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Жыл бұрын

I think walnut shell is generally used for polishing soft metals such as brass.

@Rockn-UV 6 ай бұрын

After a couple of tumble sessions, how often do you decide to retire a rock from further polishing due to deep pits and fractures? I find myself removing about 1 rock per week from my rotary tumbler because it doesn't seem like it's ever going to smooth out. Thanks.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 6 ай бұрын

I do occasionally chuck out a rock because I am sure it will not tumble well/ Hard to quantify as I am pretty fussy what rocks I start with so it does not happen too often. Some holes will never come out they just keep getting deeper!

@sandylerski9352 Жыл бұрын

Been rock tumbling for a while. Just wondered if some stones dont end up polished after going through the process should I try and give them a much longer polish time?

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Жыл бұрын

If other rocks have polished in a batch then the failures are probably slightly softer stones and can be quite difficult to polish.

@cityzenkane108 11 ай бұрын

Hi. I wonder if you could help. I want to polish individual large stones from about half to two kilos. They are smooth without pits. Granite with quartz stripes. Is this possible? If so should I buy a loto- vibrator or standard tumbler. Also my wife is worried about noise. I live in London and would have to have my setup in my house which could be a problem if it’s a constant noise? Thank you. Keep up the great work.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 11 ай бұрын

Hi, I would only consider polishing large stones using a grinder polisher not a tumbler, unless you had a really big tumbler! Also granite does not polish well in a tumbler. I think unless you have a workshop/garage or can work in the garden you are a bit stumped. These vids might help you decide... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLCBlqR32tLZmaM.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hqxnf5N0zJnJYKs.html kzfaq.info/sun/PLgxE3u0ruJj8KhUvCnGylAqmCbVtwiA6h best of luck.

@cityzenkane108 11 ай бұрын

@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Thats very good advice. Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. Much appreciated.

@soniasilva503 2 жыл бұрын

No noite! O senhor poderia colocar permissão pra legenda em português? Obrigada. As pedras estão lindas! E 👏👏👏👏😍👍👍👍

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 2 жыл бұрын

vou tentar obrigado por assistir

@valaquill Жыл бұрын

Is there something I can use instead of the plastic beads? Or can I get similar result in longer time without plastic beads?

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Жыл бұрын

I use plastic beads all the time now, I do not use any other additive, (soap, Borax etc). They work really well and are re-usable over and over and are cheap. Why do you want something different? Best of luck.

@cowbella1918 Жыл бұрын

Can you please link the tumbling media you use, as well as the Pote Malaysia? I can not find it on amazon.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Жыл бұрын

www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/abrasives/abrasive-powder-grit/aluminium-oxide-abrasive-grit www.stonetools.co.uk/chemicals/polishing-powders Hope this helps.

@johnmarmo9369 10 ай бұрын

Hello. I am following your fast rock tumble but cannot find the aluminium oxide 400 grit. Could you tell me where you buy it from please. Thank you

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 10 ай бұрын

www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/abrasives/abrasive-powder-grit/aluminium-oxide-abrasive-grit

@elis1645 4 ай бұрын

Thanks.How many hours does the tumbler spin?

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 4 ай бұрын

Not sure, think of it in days rather than hours and each tumble is different.

@elis1645 4 ай бұрын

@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Thank you

@10bc-tenerifebackgammonclub 11 ай бұрын

Hi, have you ever ran epoxy resin in the tumbler, im considering making some checkers for Backgammon.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 11 ай бұрын

Sorry I'm not sure what you mean, is the resin supposed to coat the stone? I have not tried this anyway and I would guess it would ruin the barrel. Let me know if you try this, cheers!

@10bc-tenerifebackgammonclub 11 ай бұрын

@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 No to round off and polish the epoxy resin checkers. Nothing to do with stones.

@TheDarkSkorpion 11 ай бұрын

@@10bc-tenerifebackgammonclub I think I get what you're saying. You want to try basically making some checkers by tumbling resin hardened in a type of mold? Interesting. JB Weld would be too soft, even once hardened. Maybe clear acrylic epoxy would work (but I suspect not), then you could choose colors and even add glitter to get some sparkle. It would seem an unnecessary expenditure, but I suppose for someone with backgammonclub in their username it would be more a labor of love. Perhaps making glass checkers? Glass tumbles well, is available in many colors, is cheap or free, reasonably durable if using thicker glass, and there are numerous tutorials here on youtube.

@dianequince8761 9 ай бұрын

What brand plastic pellets do you use! I bought some but they're flat, yours look round. I got good results with them but was wondering. Thank you 😃

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 8 ай бұрын

Pollypellets, mine are round balls. I use nothing else.

@dianequince8761 8 ай бұрын

@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Thank you, I will look for those.

@218philip 7 ай бұрын

It would be nice if we could see them under magnification.

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 7 ай бұрын

Not sure how that would be helpful?

@user-mn5tu1by7p 11 ай бұрын

영어를 몰라서 답답하네요 ^^, 연마제가 2가지 들어가는 거 같은데 궁금하네요

@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 11 ай бұрын

Hi, there are two types of abrasive, Silica Carbide is the most widely used, and Aluminium Oxide grit which I use. SC is generally said to be harder and more aggresive AO is usually much cheaper and in my opinion works just as well. Some people use Sc for the first stage and AO for stages 2 and 3. I use AO at all three stages and get very good results. Best of luck.