Three ways to dispose of rock tumble waste slurry.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2021
- Getting rid of your rock tumbling waste material, slurry can be a real problem. After each tumble you may be left with buckets of slurry, water mixed with stone dust. I this video I demonstrate exactly why you must not put this down a domestic drain, and if you try to put this in your domestic bin you may find that the container you put it in bursts and leaves a nasty mess, you may also run the risk of the bin men refusing your waste! If you dump it in the road you will leave a nasty mess in the gutter annoying the neighbors .
In this video I show how I dispose of my rock tumbler waste slurry, this is not suitable for most people as I do have a fair amount of slurry to get rid of, not only from my rock tumblers but also from cutting polishing and carving rocks and stone. But hopefully seeing how I deal with the problem may give you ides about your slurry. I also show two other methods of disposal if you are a beginner to tumbling or only have one or two barrels. This is a bit of a long tutorial but it does cover as lot of ground and may help you solve a real problem. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Thank you. I gave just set my very first tumble on! Your videos are super informative. Thank you.
You are so welcome! good luck with your tumbling!
Brilliant! I am in the process of tumbling my very first barrel. This was extremely helpful. Thank you.
You are very welcome, best of luck!
I use a similar method to your first one - Dump and first rinse into a 20 litre bucket, draw off the water at the top regularly, and then when it's full I do something different - I have them painted black, and a few small 10mm holes drilled around the top edge, about 100mm down from the top of the bucket, and I put a lid (also black) on it and sit it in the sun until it evaporates completely, and since I'm in Australia thats not all that long, maybe 3 months max. While its evaporating I use a second bucket that will give me enough time to wait until the first one is dry, and I'll dump the now dry sludge in a bag and into my normal waste bin. I have been doing this for other slurry and it makes sense to continue with the rock tumbling slurry in the same manner
Thank you for this, nice to hear someone else doing their own thing!
But wait. Considering that the slurry is full of gemstone sediment, could you not make productive use of it rather than discard it? The notion here is that, as it will solidify anyway, why not, as you did, add a little cement and plaster, then pour into a mold for a nice sculpture? Or, make a block of stone to re-carve into something fabulous?
Hi, good thinking, but the slurry is a mixture of very fine heavy dust from the pebbles and very fine grit which is lighter. I'm not sure it would do the job as the mix would separate out. (I think) But this is excellent thinking and I might give it a try anyway. Thank you for the input, keep it up, I always like new ideas!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490did you ever give it a go? Would love to see the results!
Thank you so much for addressing this problem. Much appreciated.
Glad it was helpful!
This is so useful. I am running three tumblers at the moment and getting rid of the slurry has always been a worry. I now have some good ideas, thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
Turkey baster would work well to skim off the water. 80 grit is horrible on the hands. I was checking my rocks the other day. It's been a long time since I tumbled and ooooo that was not pleasant lol. I love the step up with buckets and barrels outside.
Hi, I am not sure why you get 80 grit on your hands? The grit should be ground down to a very smooth paste before a change of grit. if you have gritty stuff in the slurry you are either not tumbling at the first stage long enough or the mix is too thick (so no movement in barrel) or you are putting in too much grit. I tried to borrow the turkey baster from my missus but she have me "the look", so i have not tried it yet! Cheers!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Oh. Maybe it's me then. You're right, there is nothing left in the container, but when I get slurry on my hands it feels sharp around my fingerbeds and then dries my skin, Before it dries it, it feels like it is...now that I mention it, I used to be a ceramist. The clay slip would make my hands feel the same. I think we solved a mystery!
Thank you for sharing! This is important and useful information!
Hi Patti, Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this video…I’m just starting out with this hobby. Your suggestions are great along with others that made comments of alternate ways to dispose of slurry.
Good luck!
I really like your first idea. I think that would work great for my setup. I’m just starting out so I’ll take all the helpful hints I can get. Thanks for such a great idea!
Good luck with your tumbling!
I pour mine on my gravel driveway, but you're ideas are great for some locations.
Hi Jeff, is it not a bit messy? But if it works thats great! Thanks for the input and for watching, cheers!
I had a thought similar to this except it was to pour it a few feet off into some woods and then just hose off the leftover film in the jar. This video is really informative though because I am sure some people would rinse it down the drain without a second thought.
Actually now that I think about it I probably also could just throw a jar of it in the dumpster at my apartments (as long as it isn't a glass one).
Hi all I no I’m really late to this one but I wanted to share my method with everyone (I also live in the UK) it’s so simple I have a large plant pot out side with the bace cut out and on top I have a dirt sifter on top but only because pot is so big you could always use a smaller pot if you don’t have one I literally put my colander on top empty the contents of my barrel out and rinse the rocks through letting all the slurry out on the lawn I do this with all 3 stages then after I just rinse the lawn with the hose pipe to move the slurry around then I move my bucket to a new spot in the garden for next time Iv been doing this for over a year now and have had no problems with it and yes my lawn is still healthy and green I hope this helps happy tumbling and good vibes to you all ❤
This will work as you know, at one time I simply threw mine on the garden beds. Thank you and all the best!
The yogurt containers are the perfect size little buckets!!! I wish I had a bunch. I wonder what we have in the US that has buckets this size.
We do eat a lot of yogurt! Cheers!
Missed your videos! Once again a very practical and simple way of doing things, in this case managing the slurry. What I wondered was whether the final dust (after evaporating) would be useful in the garden. Here in Oz there are many garden shows say to use some rock dust addition when potting plants.
Hi Morris, struggled a bit last few months healthwise but I am all good now and starting to plan more vids. I do know the garden centres here sell limestone dust for the garden and also farmers use it to condition the soil. I have put it on the garden as slurry for a couple of years but it did start to look messy so I had to think of a new plan. I am certain it will not do any harm. All the best!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Not sure of your age but I am 68. Health YoYos seem to be normal. Glad you are feeling better. Keep up the good work!
Great informative video Steve, excellent cement trick for speeding up the process, would be interesting to know how fast you could get away with pouring it out, once it looks settled. What's your favourite tumbler to use? I've purchased a evans one and the seal ring does get messy. Not many options in the UK to buy a lortone one, they seemed to have sold out everywhere. Loved your blue Peter example by the way 😊. Happy tumbling
Hi Michelle. I will try out the cement idea and let you know. My favorite tumbler?
That's a tricky one, to my mind none of the british made ones make the grade, I have a Beach tumbler but plastic barrels are just pants, and the Evans one is much less convenient to use than the Chinese rubber barrels or (if you can get them second hand) Lortone barrels. I do love my Nat geo Hobby my first tumbler and still going strong. For a single barrel machine I would probably plump for the bigger NT Pro, My 15LB I bought from Ebay is probably the best twin barrel option though the Jury is still out about long term reliability. Thanks for the input and happy tumbling yourself!
I did run my slurry down the drain until you mentioned not to a long while back.... So I quit doing that but I have a little corner in the yard I just dump my rocks and slurry into a colander outside and hose them all off.. and then wash them and the tumbler inside.. I think your ideas are better for those folks in apartments and those that do not like to have a little grey spot on there back or side yard..
Hi! Nice to hear from you again, sounds like you have sorted out a way that works for you and that's great. I was doing the same but I was getting a build up of grey sludge on the garden, the missus was not best pleased lol!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490 Oh I know that one.. But we have a large yard and a compost pile out back under the apple tree where we compost out tree leaves and grape vines and such so it works out ok if I do it back there and keeps me outta... Be sides it is just a summer hobby.. to cold in the winter time.. I work on little electronic stuff then.. that I can do inside the warm house.. take care my friend..
I ran some horn coral fossils in the tumbler to clean them up a bit and discovered the slurry caused the sediment in my 5 gallon bucket to settle quickly. I was surprised to see clear water in there. A little internet sleuthing revealed that limestone (calcium carbonate) can be used to clear muddy ponds. For an experiment, try sprinkling a bit of cement into your large bucket and see if it has any effect.
Hi, I sometimes throw in a couple of handfuls of cement to set it off before dumping but I had not thought of simply using to settle the slurry out of a very wet mix. I will give this a try, good thinking! Thank you and all the best!
Is the "clay" that's left after the water evaporates viable material for crafting with?
Hi Julia, It is a bit problematical as it contains the fine residue of silica carbide or aluminium oxide grit so I am not sure if this would adversely affect any attempt to use the slurry. Slurry from a saw or polisher that does not contain anything other than stone dust can be pretty useful stuff and I am sure could be used as a clay. (possibly!) thank you for the interesting idea and for watching.
Do you ever try to recover the abrasive?
Hi, there is not much point to trying to re-use or recover the abrasive, the tumbling action progressively breaks down the grits into finer and finer particles. After just a few days of tumbling with coarse grits, the slurry will contain no grit and feel very smooth. It is still abrasive but much finer and no way of judging exactly how fine. Good luck with your tumbling and thanks for watching!
Oh my gosh, all of this is far too much work. I just cook the slurry in a 6 inch clay potting dish. It evaporates all the water away. Takes about hour or two depending on how high you set the temperature. Once dry I scrape it out into a bucket and save it to reuse for other projects I have. It still has some abrasive quality and is good for wet sanding slabs before the final polish.
OK, that would work at the cost of electricity or gas, if you live in a country where such things are cheap it might be a good idea. It is true that the slurry will have some abrasive quality but the coarseness will vary. Thank you for an interesting idea!
@@thestonecraftingworkshop7490I am pretty sure they already have electricity if they are using rock tumblers? Anyway, thanks for your reply.
Excellent idea. Does the evaporation process coat the inside of the oven with harmful materials? I will do some investigating because I do love this idea. I have so so much liquid because I run multiple tumblers. Just a thought, use a dedicated soup pot and boil the liquid for faster evaporation, 30:11 again the question about the vapors from the process though.
Excellent idea. Does the evaporation process coat the inside of the oven with harmful materials? I will do some investigating because I do love this idea. I have so so much liquid because I run multiple tumblers. Just a thought, use a dedicated soup pot and boil the liquid for faster evaporation, 30:11 again the question about the vapors from the process though.
I have gallons of liquid to dispose of because of multiple tumblers, a polishing machine and a stone saw.