Hi There. I am really enjoying your channel. Love the double barrel lot-o tumbler! Just curious as to what recipe you generally use. How many stages? What grits? How long in each stage? Looking forward to more content from you!
Hello! I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying our content just as much as I enjoy making it! So the recipe instructions actually come with the tumbler but the ceramic media and big bag of grit do not. Typically I use 1.5tsp of each grit type for harder rocks (fine, pre-polish, polish) for 24 hours each (36hrs. for polish lately), adding a half cap of water at the 12 hour mark to maintain slurry consistency. I can make a how to video in the future to walk you or anyone else through the process. Thanks for watching! We have a lot more content coming up, tune in on Thursdays for our newest creation.
@@naturalstones4529 Thanks. I've been using the lot-o tumbler now for a few months and i'm just curious what other peoples recipe is that use it. I used the recipe that came with the instructions but have been experimenting lately. I usually pre-shape my rocks on the tile saw then run them in coarse in the rotatory tumbler for final shaping. I run stage 2, 3 and polish in the lot-o. Lately for stage 2 I've been using 2tbsp of 120/220 silicon carbide grit for 2 days. Stage 3 I use 1tsp of 500 Aluminum oxide grit + 1 tbsp borax for 3 days. For Polish i run 1 tsp of Alumina (10,000 grit) + 1 tbsp borax for 2 days. I've been getting a much better shine with this recipe. I'm also tumbling agate and jasper most of the time so the rocks are pretty hard and take a nice polish anyway.
@@naturalstones4529 Yes. The borax helps the Aluminum oxide adhere to the rock better forming a nice coating. It also helps with clean up. I will sometimes burnish with 2 tbsp of borax for 2hrs after every stage in the lot-o just to help clean the grit off the rocks.
Hi, I’m in Melbourne, Australia & kind of stumbled into these videos, but have really been enjoying the content & processes of rock tumbling. As an absolute rookie, a beginners video would be helpful on how to get started (equipment, polishes, how to tell the difference between harder & softer rocks, etc). Thanks 😊
Hey buddy, great video! I’ve been fighting a rock hound gene in my system for a while and this vid has convinced me to give in. Have a great New Year’s!
This is cool! Just arranged my rock collection today and was wondering what they would like tumbled, thanks for showing us what pretty/normal easy-ish to find rocks look like with a shine❤
That "galaxy" rock reminds me of Jupiter! It's actually crazy how similar the patterns look to the gas storms and swirls on jupiter. Would be cool to cut and polish it into a sphere!
Granet feldspar is always gorgeous tumbled seeing the polished crystalline structures it's beautiful I make jewelry if you ever want to collaborate I'm a prospector and rockhounder also great video
your face impression is very funny 😂😂 and I like it very much ❤ and your videos also different from others it's very unique Concept. Good Work and good luck. I'll watching your every videos
I just picked up some beauties from Lake Superior! I was wondering what’d they look like if I invested in a tumbler 🧐🧐 you know you love rocks when you say every one is your favorite haha, great video and soo fun!
I come up that way every year for the salmon run. We usually spend a day at Selkirk. I don't fish much that day. I end up strolling the beach and going home with a bag of rocks from the shore. I've seen two types of black rocks there. One type polishes very nicely, the other doesn't. It is difficult to pick them out on the beach and don't know which is which until after I tumble them. Anyway, the black rock you have with the quartz lines made me think of that.
Awesome video! I love your enthusiasm! My son has recently got into rock tumbling, and has the hobby tumbler from Nat Geo. For rocks found at the beach/sound that are already round & smooth, do you suggest skipping some of the grit sessions, and going straight to polishing?
Cool! I just bought a tumbler online but everything I read said you can't tumble rocks less than 6 on MOHs scale... but that's clearly not true if you can do river rocks / sedimentary / sandstone as you did?? Most rocks I have are not gems and are not that hard (according to knife scratch test), that I just want to shine up a bit, so now I am more optimistic..
Hi. I recently started drumming beach stones from the Baltic Sea. I'm curious how many ounces of grid you use for a 3lb drum in each step? Greetings from Germany
Just subscribed, enjoyed the video. I am just starting and am amazed it only took 3 days. Did you vibrate to polish and that's it or did you buffer them with a polish after? I tumble but obviously it's a long process. So help me understand how.
No problem! Usually rock tumblers come with grit and instructions so that could help you if my explanation doesn't help but ill try my best. Make sure you have some type of Ceramic media to increase surface area of the grit rubbing. Step 1) Use a fine grit and a little bit of water for 1 day, adding a little water at the 12hr mark. Step 2) Change the grit to a pre-polish and repeat. Step 3) Change the grit to a polish and repeat. Step 4) If the rock is porous and still has a lot of cracks and divits, add one drop of dish soap during the last 20 min of polishing to get the polishing compound off of your rocks. BOOM, There you have it. Ill make a tutorial in the future to better explain this visually. Thanks for watching!
I also have a tumbler at home, but what is in those black cups where you put the stones in ? are those cups just round inside or are there also blades in them ?
Which beach did you go to? I live in Ajax and I got a bunch of stones for myself from the lake and I'm going to try tumbling them once my current batch is done!
When you took the rocks out around 4:25 or so, was that after one tumble or was that multiple tumbles with different grit levels? I have a cheaper rock tumbler and you have to use like 4 different powders to get them polished like that. If it was just one tumble with one powder in it what did you use to get them polished like that in one go??? Great vid by the way! I love the black rock with cracks in it.
On amazon I order the Rock tumbler media kit of grit and ceramic material from a company names Polly Plastics. They offer a large amount of grit for reasonable prices.
HEY! My neighbor is State Police. He'd stopped over with another Officer. I'd started a Tag Sale selling my tumbled rocks. I set off the radiation detector in his cruiser. I remember opening an old safe with stuff inside. I then believe whatever I used for tumbling crap came contaminated from China. He used a device. Paid drastically more for rock's asking price. Asked if he could look around. He's been very nice etc. WHAT'S GOING ON?. What's radioactive in nature and in old mines, old factory runoffs??
Hi there i love you stranger lol. I also love to stone pick on lake ontario i live on the lake lol. I have a ton i want to tumble i just don't have a machine aha so sad.
warning this can take up to a full month depending on the tumbler. and what you are tumbling. personally i don't think these are even worth the shortest wait. with my tumbler its 22 days. for rocks like this.
Yep! There are plenty of spots to go rock hunting from there to Oswego, NY Just make sure you don't take rocks from State parks because that is illegal.
@@naturalstones4529 ohhh I was curious cause near Webster there's a bunch of rocks near the water so I thought you might of went there to get the rocks
I like your video I make some tumbled rock keychains myself you’re welcome to check them out it’s just something I do for fun but I made a video it’s not as well edited as yours but I like what you do keep it up
Galaxy rock. What are you some kinda noob?!? That clearly resembles the gasiest of giants. Therefore it’s name should fit its description . Thus it was name, Jupiter.
Hi There. I am really enjoying your channel. Love the double barrel lot-o tumbler! Just curious as to what recipe you generally use. How many stages? What grits? How long in each stage? Looking forward to more content from you!
Hello! I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying our content just as much as I enjoy making it! So the recipe instructions actually come with the tumbler but the ceramic media and big bag of grit do not. Typically I use 1.5tsp of each grit type for harder rocks (fine, pre-polish, polish) for 24 hours each (36hrs. for polish lately), adding a half cap of water at the 12 hour mark to maintain slurry consistency. I can make a how to video in the future to walk you or anyone else through the process. Thanks for watching! We have a lot more content coming up, tune in on Thursdays for our newest creation.
@@naturalstones4529 Thanks. I've been using the lot-o tumbler now for a few months and i'm just curious what other peoples recipe is that use it. I used the recipe that came with the instructions but have been experimenting lately. I usually pre-shape my rocks on the tile saw then run them in coarse in the rotatory tumbler for final shaping. I run stage 2, 3 and polish in the lot-o. Lately for stage 2 I've been using 2tbsp of 120/220 silicon carbide grit for 2 days. Stage 3 I use 1tsp of 500 Aluminum oxide grit + 1 tbsp borax for 3 days. For Polish i run 1 tsp of Alumina (10,000 grit) + 1 tbsp borax for 2 days. I've been getting a much better shine with this recipe. I'm also tumbling agate and jasper most of the time so the rocks are pretty hard and take a nice polish anyway.
@@RockhoundingLife That sounds like a good recipe! Have you noticed a noticeable difference in the polish when using the borax vs. without?
@@naturalstones4529 Yes. The borax helps the Aluminum oxide adhere to the rock better forming a nice coating. It also helps with clean up. I will sometimes burnish with 2 tbsp of borax for 2hrs after every stage in the lot-o just to help clean the grit off the rocks.
I really appreciate this video. I'm getting a rock tumbler and wanted to see how non gems look.
You are welcome! I prefer non gem rocks as well and I do most of my projects on Igneous and metamorphic rocks. Glad I could help.
Can I know how much yours was and if it worked well ? I’m think of buying one but idk which
@@suzanna6471 I got the nat geo for 89.99 it works pretty good. It's slow going, but I liked it a lot. I got some really awesome rocks from it.
@#1 Boris Said Fan they have cool properties too
I like that you pick out rocks for their unique characteristics and flaws. I do the same. It's the odd ones that speak to me "pick me pick me"
I NEVER see anyone polish granite, unakite, and other volcanic rocks and I also appreciate this viseo.
You are welcome!
i want to try this so bad i love rocks and never thought to shine em up
I grew up in Bend Oregon my Brother was a Rock hound this video brought back so many memories. Time to get a tumbler for my Kids . Thanks
Hi, I’m in Melbourne, Australia & kind of stumbled into these videos, but have really been enjoying the content & processes of rock tumbling. As an absolute rookie, a beginners video would be helpful on how to get started (equipment, polishes, how to tell the difference between harder & softer rocks, etc). Thanks 😊
I want a tumbler for Christmas, and I am 63! The last time I had one, I was 11 or 12!
I hope you get one!
I am 61 a d love every aspect of the hobby.
Hey buddy, great video! I’ve been fighting a rock hound gene in my system for a while and this vid has convinced me to give in. Have a great New Year’s!
I'm happy you have taken the leap! Happy New Year!
This is cool! Just arranged my rock collection today and was wondering what they would like tumbled, thanks for showing us what pretty/normal easy-ish to find rocks look like with a shine❤
those who gave thumbs down are upset over the "tossing to side" handling of rocks :)
Cool video! I'm looking to start rockhounding and tumbling...
I agree, they don't understand that rocks like to be tossed. It is a cool hobby!
I love your videos!!! I'm broke but your videos have inspired me to start this hobby. Cool galaxy rock by the way.
Thanks! There are plenty more where that came from on the way!
Here I am watching this at 4 am instead of sleeping lol. Great video, enjoyed very much
Thankyou!
Same
4:14 am
That "galaxy" rock reminds me of Jupiter! It's actually crazy how similar the patterns look to the gas storms and swirls on jupiter.
Would be cool to cut and polish it into a sphere!
this is the first time I've seen such polishing technology
This is the funniest yet most informative stuff I like it keep it up 👍👍
Thankyou!
love these rocks, I would have totally picked them up if I found them as well. Great finds
Thanks!
This dude deserves more subscribers
All beautiful, put a glass bowl on ur table, works as a great stress reliever.
Good Idea!
Yes i do it.
Granet feldspar is always gorgeous tumbled seeing the polished crystalline structures it's beautiful I make jewelry if you ever want to collaborate I'm a prospector and rockhounder also great video
Wow! You have a nice shine on those!
I just collected some and I’m about to order a tumbler rn !!
your face impression is very funny 😂😂 and I like it very much ❤ and your videos also different from others it's very unique Concept. Good Work and good luck. I'll watching your every videos
I just subscribed! I can’t wait to see more soon! ❤
This is so satisfying to watch. Thank you.
I'm glad you like it! Thanks for the compliment.
Beautiful rocks 😊 Wish you talked more about the process
Thankyou! I will definitely make a process video in the future! Thanks for watching!
I've been contemplating buying one a few this might help me out. Also, this one is so beautiful, BANG
Random video in my recommendations. Tbh not disappointed
Gotta love a nice rock, especially when it's shiny
Thank you for this video, you're inspiring me to go down this wonderful rabbit hole of the rock tumbling side of TH-cam
You are welcome! I would say its a good way to go. We have more coming!
I just picked up some beauties from Lake Superior! I was wondering what’d they look like if I invested in a tumbler 🧐🧐 you know you love rocks when you say every one is your favorite haha, great video and soo fun!
They look so pretty!!
I agree!
just discovered you, cool video.
I love how he's like " this is going to becomea beautiful rock!!..." Throws rock aside like it's some used w**** xD
I come up that way every year for the salmon run. We usually spend a day at Selkirk. I don't fish much that day. I end up strolling the beach and going home with a bag of rocks from the shore. I've seen two types of black rocks there. One type polishes very nicely, the other doesn't. It is difficult to pick them out on the beach and don't know which is which until after I tumble them. Anyway, the black rock you have with the quartz lines made me think of that.
That's awesome! I also like to fish for salmon, but only in the smaller tributaries. It gets too crowded for me on the salmon river.
@@naturalstones4529 We avoid the Salmon river unless there is nowhere else to go.
Those are some rad rocks!
I as well, have nifty rocks from lake ontario. I need to get myself whatever machine you got your hands on
What material was inside the tumblers? I remember using grit for my tumbler tho i dont think i seen a vibratory one before!
Hey Tommy's Puppet Lap that was ceramic tumbling media, looked like a mix of large and small.
Get on Instagram and just constantly post! Y'all will
probably get a large following soon.
I like your style friend!
Thankyou! Plenty more awesome rock projects to come!
Great video, can I ask what make of belt-polisher/sander you have in the background and is it water fed?
Do people watch this channel while baked
Awesome video! I love your enthusiasm! My son has recently got into rock tumbling, and has the hobby tumbler from Nat Geo. For rocks found at the beach/sound that are already round & smooth, do you suggest skipping some of the grit sessions, and going straight to polishing?
wow, wow ,wow.
I totally agree!
Thankyou!
Yea I find a lot of these granite n quartz rocks and I grab them to . There pretty
I'm glad you appreciate the natural beauty and awesomeness of igneous and metamorphic rocks too! Thanks for watching!
I have so many containers of rocks just sitting around my room from the great lakes, mostly lake huron
That's awesome! I bet some of them could be tumbled and would turn out really nice!
Great video
Cool! I just bought a tumbler online but everything I read said you can't tumble rocks less than 6 on MOHs scale... but that's clearly not true if you can do river rocks / sedimentary / sandstone as you did?? Most rocks I have are not gems and are not that hard (according to knife scratch test), that I just want to shine up a bit, so now I am more optimistic..
So granite stones don’t need a coarse grit tumble? I just started my first tumble today with granite stones and I did use the coarse grit.
Galaxy rock! I also named my rocks.
Awesome!
Hi. I recently started drumming beach stones from the Baltic Sea. I'm curious how many ounces of grid you use for a 3lb drum in each step? Greetings from Germany
I subscribe you because I love stones
Just subscribed, enjoyed the video. I am just starting and am amazed it only took 3 days. Did you vibrate to polish and that's it or did you buffer them with a polish after?
I tumble but obviously it's a long process. So help me understand how.
No problem! Usually rock tumblers come with grit and instructions so that could help you if my explanation doesn't help but ill try my best. Make sure you have some type of Ceramic media to increase surface area of the grit rubbing. Step 1) Use a fine grit and a little bit of water for 1 day, adding a little water at the 12hr mark. Step 2) Change the grit to a pre-polish and repeat. Step 3) Change the grit to a polish and repeat. Step 4) If the rock is porous and still has a lot of cracks and divits, add one drop of dish soap during the last 20 min of polishing to get the polishing compound off of your rocks. BOOM, There you have it. Ill make a tutorial in the future to better explain this visually. Thanks for watching!
Hey I'm looking to buy a rock tumbler for a freind that loves collecting rocks any suggestions? Like what kind of tumbler for different applications ?
Good job
I absolutely love putting PYRITE AND FOOLS GOLD IN #rocktumbler
Great video! Just subscribed :)
Thanks! :)
How do you like the calloway vibe tumbler im thinking about getting 1
beautiful
this is so wholesome :)))
I'm glad you like it!
I almost bought a tumbler today at Harbor Freight!
Carful! Its an addictive hobby!
The cracked looking rock is a Septarian Nodule (Lightning stone) the white cracks are calcite
What’s a good tumbler to get when first starting out? I live on Lake Ontario and really want to get into hunting!
I also have a tumbler at home, but what is in those black cups where you put the stones in ?
are those cups just round inside or are there also blades in them ?
That’s amazing
Thankyou!
WHAT DID YOU TUMBEL THEM IN JUST THE CERAMIC?
Which beach did you go to? I live in Ajax and I got a bunch of stones for myself from the lake and I'm going to try tumbling them once my current batch is done!
I got these in Oswego, NY. Good luck with your rocks!
@@naturalstones4529 Oh wow! I assumed you were Canadian because... Lake Ontario... haha well, thank you!
@@tarahenley9942 I can see why you might think that. I also have a slightly Canadian accent when I get excited. I can't help it.
Can a rock tumbler be borrowed?
When you took the rocks out around 4:25 or so, was that after one tumble or was that multiple tumbles with different grit levels? I have a cheaper rock tumbler and you have to use like 4 different powders to get them polished like that. If it was just one tumble with one powder in it what did you use to get them polished like that in one go??? Great vid by the way! I love the black rock with cracks in it.
Can the ceramic work in a rock tumbler well also. I don't have a vibrating one, curious. Thans
Yes! the more surfaces grinding on the rocks the better!
@@naturalstones4529 Thanks for your advise. Enjoyed your other videos also and looking forward to trying my hand at some home projects too.
@@AdirondackBroker You are welcome!
I think those rocks have iron content because of the rust colored spots and that avocado looking rock looks like a picture of galaxies in outer space
What happens if you use beach sand instead of grit?
Hi there what ricipe you use of gems stone
Can you use your Vibrotumbler for raw rubies?
Good heavens, you are adorable.
You should look into mud fossil university. 🙌🏽
How loud is that tumbler?
The black one with the quartz cracks looks like a lightning stone… maybe?
1:45 Is Black Jasper.
We’re do you order your grit
Supplies?
On amazon I order the Rock tumbler media kit of grit and ceramic material from a company names Polly Plastics. They offer a large amount of grit for reasonable prices.
Go to The Rock Shed. Screw Amazon
What are those little white pellets
Ceramic
Aww..🔥🔥
Thanks for watching!
HEY! My neighbor is State Police. He'd stopped over with another Officer. I'd started a Tag Sale selling my tumbled rocks. I set off the radiation detector in his cruiser. I remember opening an old safe with stuff inside. I then believe whatever I used for tumbling crap came contaminated from China. He used a device. Paid drastically more for rock's asking price. Asked if he could look around. He's been very nice etc. WHAT'S GOING ON?. What's radioactive in nature and in old mines, old factory runoffs??
Hi there i love you stranger lol. I also love to stone pick on lake ontario i live on the lake lol. I have a ton i want to tumble i just don't have a machine aha so sad.
Thanks! You can always go get one! or watch more of our videos lol
👍
How are you not popular
Always run stage 1
sooooo I clicked on the link for the vibratory tumbler........ yeah. i dont want water balloons... pls fix the link
warning this can take up to a full month depending on the tumbler. and what you are tumbling.
personally i don't think these are even worth the shortest wait. with my tumbler its 22 days. for rocks like this.
By lake Ontario
You mean in new york??
Sorta near sea breeze
Yep! There are plenty of spots to go rock hunting from there to Oswego, NY Just make sure you don't take rocks from State parks because that is illegal.
@@naturalstones4529 did you go to the one in webster?
@@inkspec2.022 I have never been there, In the past I have gone to the beach in southwest Oswego and along the coast as you drive west.
@@naturalstones4529 ohhh I was curious cause near Webster there's a bunch of rocks near the water so I thought you might of went there to get the rocks
Not sure but I think the black one is an onyx.
Wow I think you are right! Thanks for the tip Edward! I can now name my favorite rock.
I like your video I make some tumbled rock keychains myself you’re welcome to check them out it’s just something I do for fun but I made a video it’s not as well edited as yours but I like what you do keep it up
I looked up Dwayne Johnson before and after 😂😂😂
Lol i fuckin love rocks
5:38 More like a Jupiter rock
Can u turn any rocks into crystals my silly ass thought you can get a rock Tumblr and turn any rocks into crystals 😂
You look...stoned ;x
Galaxy rock. What are you some kinda noob?!? That clearly resembles the gasiest of giants. Therefore it’s name should fit its description . Thus it was name, Jupiter.
stop biting your finger nails ....