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Thank you for the information.

Thanks for watching! 👍

I'm sorry. That was a result of how I had to record my videos this week. It shouldn't be an issue again.

That's a good possibility. I'd love to hear how your experiment goes!

@@LizRocksAndStuff So far I've done one bowl (pretty hard ceramic that took a while to get worn to where I wanted it, almost 3 days?), a much softer mug with a nice relief pattern that I almost scoured away because I let it go too long, a very textured glass bowl that still has a little bit of gloss (may run some if the larger pieces some more, haven't decided), and I'm doing a ceramic vase I smashed now that had a crackle glaze -- I wasn't sure how that glaze would do in the tumbler, but it seems fine. All have been run with a combination of the material and grit plus stones, adding or removing rocks as needed to fill the barrel, adding more grit if I don't see the results I want after checking it after a few hours. :D I don't really know what I'm basing any of this on other than what I've picked up from others (like yourself) and educated guesswork. Other than the almost-ruined mug pieces, I'm having some pretty good successes. Thanks again for your insights!

@@w.a.whipple That sounds really cool. I have a highly textured glass bowl that I want to try next. It has a colored coating that I'm sure won't survive, but I'm curious how the texture will go.

For stages 3 and 4 I only do a quick inspection looking for any rocks that have chipped or broken in the previous stage. It doesn't happen very often, but can ruin a batch if it does. So as long as everything still looks smooth and there are no sharp edges I just put them into Stage 2, 3, and 4 for 7 days each with a cleaning cycle in between.

I can do that! I won't be able to get it out until next week when my barrels are ready to be inspected. Until then, I do talk a little bit about it in Episode 41 if you want to check out that video.

Thank you for watching my video! I've tumbled a few kinds of jasper and I can't say I've had that issue. What tumbler are you using? I know a lot of beginners get the Nat Geo one. It's a decent tumbler to start out with, but it spins really fast, which could be contributing to your issue. Do you know what kind of jasper you have? Sometimes rocks are called jasper, but it's really something else (like dalmatian jasper which is actually much softer than jasper). For beginning tumblers I would recommend some of the harder rocks like quartz and agates. They take a bit longer in the initial stages, but they don't break as easy and shine up really nicely.

Hi! I have the lortone tumbler 3A. As for the jasper I got some polychrome jasper but I didnt know some things like dalmatian jasper arent actually jasper! Im wondering if I just missed some cracks when inspecting them and I guess the worst that happens if I move them on is they wont be shiny. I do have some clear quartz which I will definitely try next because I'm learning a ton and I fear I see more tumblers and rocks in my future. Thanks for the reply and advice!

Polychrome jasper can chip a bit. I tumbled some a while back. The red part is actually softer than the colored part and it commonly does not get as shiny. Good luck in your tumbling!

Thank you for watching! I'm happy to hear that you look forward to my videos.

Thank you so much! They were really easy to tumble. I prefer more blues and greys, but I didn't dislike them. They just aren't my thing. I'm sure you'll like them, lots of really pretty reds.

I usually try to match hardness, but it's not always easy to do. I think it's fun to just try something to see what happens, even if I don't think it will turn out well. I've been surprised before! I used to use Ivory soap between stages and at the end. I think I prefer it to borax.

That's a good idea! I mostly buy my rocks to tumble because there's mostly granite and quartz where I live. I can try to do some research and put out a video about they types of rocks to look for.

There should be some polished rocks coming out in next week's video, bahia agates and one batch of obsidian. These videos are just weekly updates on what I'm doing to show the progress from rough to polished. What types of rocks do you find locally? There isn't much more than quartz and granite where I live, so not too exciting to tumble.

Thank you!

These were all purchased. Not all identified because I like to buy mixed batches a lot.

I don't. These were all purchased. In the wild I would probably only be able to identify quartz.

It would almost certainly disintegrate.

Welcome! I'm glad to have you here. I've been tumbling for almost a year now. I haven't had a chance to go rockhounding yet, as my area doesn't have any close places with cool rocks. I'm in Georgia, so we have mostly granite and quartz. Do you have a favorite rock to hunt for?

I currently live in Oregon pretty much everything I tumble is from what I found Jasper agates chert pet wood but we will be moving to Florida soon so rockhounding.. 😅😅😅 love your channel😊

At least Florida has decent beaches. I love jasper, it tumbles really well. I might dig up some quartz on my back yard and see what it looks like.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy them! All my batches have had rocks that could have spent more time in stage 1. I like the imperfections in some, but others have been sent back to the beginning. As long as you are having fun, that's all that matters! The only true tumbling channel I watch on YT is @moonriserocks. There's a few I watch on another app. I do have a few rock hounding channels I watch. Michigan Rocks sometimes does tumbling videos.

Thank you! I like the black slurry as well. It's very cool.