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FOR YOUR SAFETY: Please wear a mask and eye protection if you decide to sand or cut a seashell without water to negate the dust. Air-borne particles from shells can be very damaging to your lungs!!
Also note: This would only work with shells that don't have much texture: cowrie shells and and some moonsnails would be my best recommendations for this type of sanding because of how smooth they typically are. For very textured shells, I would suggest muratic acid or hydrochloric acid - there are plenty of tutorials for that method online.
This was originally a video that I only had available on my Facebook Page. It was uploaded at the end of November 2022 as a follow up to a previous video on KZfaq: • Finding Seashells at L...
Let me know what you think... was it worth the hour or so of time that I put into it? Should I take this further to really finish it? Is it fine just the way it is?
For me, it took a lot of time to remove the calcification from the cowrie... I wouldn't want to dedicate that effort to just any shell, it should be something that I kinda know will look good after the work is done. It wasn't too boring as I was able to sit at the side of the bathtub and do this while watching something on my tablet. The outcome feels pretty nice; like a tumbled stone.
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I didn't even realise that Point Cartwright and the surrounding beaches had such lovely seashells until I saw "Shellcade Shelling Down Under" - I admire him a lot, and wow, it seems like he's creating new shelling content on KZfaq? You can check out his amazing videos here: / shellcadeshellingdownu...