Tumbling and Polishing Rocks. Step 3. 500F Mesh Silicon Carbide.
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- The Tumbling and Polishing rocks series continues as we go into step 3. 500F Mesh Silicon Carbide grit. The rocks will not lose much size now but will instead start to polish.
I never knew this existed. My son is currently obsessed with rocks (and crystals) and I HAVE to get him this. Thank you
My kids got me obsessed with this hobby then moved on to rc cars. Now it's just me. Kinda like gollum.
I think with all the videos I’ve watched, this is the first time I’ve heard that you want to keep the stones wet and not let them dry out. Obviously, you know what your doing. Thanks for all the great info.
@1:18 mark omg. Soooo satisfying watching him blast all that gray slurry off to reveal the beautiful rainbow of colors! 😍
I know!!!! I wasn't expecting that at all
I love your channels for many reasons, but I can summarize those reasons by stating that you teach me about things I wish I'd been exposed to during my youth...even though I'm often only learning about them now. Also, you've been clear that Melissa does not like being on camera, and that recently, she's been sick. The fact that she speaks at all is a great sign! I've been following her flood tribulations since you first posted a vid about her flood. It's a blessing to see the help she's been given by you and others. You provide great content on TH-cam, but you provide outstanding examples of humanity to all. 👍🏻
I thoroughly enjoyed this step by step series! Thank You!
My rock tumbler is on the way. I'm learning and your videos have been really helpful. Thank you so much
Thank You. These are great informative videos which are tempting me to get a tumbler. Really really thank you :)
Omg im so excited to see the outcome of these. Hi melissa:)
it got super exciting when you hit them with the hose 🤩
I have always said I wanted to do this since I was a little kid I'm 55 and a woman. But I had no idea how much there was to it I thought you just put them in there did it and took them out LOL. It just goes to show. Thank you for doing such a good job and I'll keep watching to see if I really can do this right now in my life I think it's going to be five years when I'm in a place that fits this a little better. Of course then I have to think about them having their own solar panel LOL or maybe I can use hydro?
I really love it. I must do it myself someday.
Thank you very much.
Wow! They are so beautiful already!
Its always fun to watch how they turn out. Thanks Cleavage. Joe
Ahhhhh so much fun!!! It was nice to hear a good accent too. :)
soooo interesting! my grandmother was a hobby gemologist, , and she didn't have the luxury of the different grits. I was very young when she gave it up and sold her things, but I do have a couple rings she mad!
Like the videos on this. You stay on topic, no 'fluff' and/or tangents. And good audio! (Way too many vids have audio levels too low or just unlistenable) Audio is 90%
The audio was hard on this one because of all the traffic but I agree, It drives me nuts when I want to watch a video and I can not hear the people talking. Thank you. Joe
I'm amazed at the beauty of it all
More good info. Thanks so much !
Awesome Joe. Are you going to do another fountain/water feature? Looking forward to it!
Thanks for sharing. I just learning how to tumble for the first time and yesterday was my step 2 so far. It is fun but so hard to wait lol
Lol. It really does suck waiting. Step 2 they really grind down and you can start to see the progress. After about your 20th batch the waiting is not quite as bad but it is still very exciting every time.
your poor lawn!! Great video, never knew how rocks got polished - i love them though
The most exciting part is rinsing the slurry off and seeing those pops of color!
Its getting exciting now for sure.
I can’t find a step 4 😩 I’d love to see the finished product. Awesome videos! Thanks for sharing and explaining.
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Looking good Joe .Going to use some of them in your wood inlays. For the cabin???
That is so interesting mate thx for sharing, hope Melisa is doing alot better, love ta all ,welcome to any new subs to a wonderful channel, take care, stay safe.😎🖒
She is doing a lot better, I will make sure and talk about that in the next Louisiana house video. Thanks Loaded. Joe
God bless you sir
I've wanted to do this since I was a kid!
Mike Presnell me too
You are such a wonderful teacher. This is a fun hobby!! Can you tell me where you got the rocks,or I may have missed it on the first video...do you order them, find them or both? AND, how much polishing nuggets do you put in there? Just to fill the crevices? The end results are incredible!! Thank you! I don't like the camera either, Melissa!! Ha!
Goodness gracious! That's a long process. I will just buy a few of the polished products.
Well said B Swins. Agreed.
I'm on step 3! Jeeeeez the crap I watch when I had a few!
Amazing! So when do you know you need to rework a step? I when do you decide to down grade something and send it back to a lower grade grind. There were some deep gouges in some of those rocks.
8 days Joe, wow, that little engine can run that long without overheating mate? very cool end products. Cheers Moose
It pretty much runs for about 5 weeks with no stopping except the hour it takes to clean them every 7 days or so. Thanks Moose. Joe
Polir Pedras Usando um lapidador de pedras giratório, é possível diminuir o tempo, usando um Lapidador mais possante. E qual o material usado no pó grosso, médio e fino?
I see here a few comments on air quality. You'd be wise to heed. If you want that last 15 years of life, that is. Don't make that stuff fly in the air. Wet it first, always. Those airborne particles DO go into your lungs, shortening your life. And I found, after I got here, I want my last 15 years. You will too!
Have you tried polishing Petoskey Stones or are they to "soft". I lost my tumbler a long time ago so I tried to polish a few Petoskey stones by hand with wet sand paper. That takes a long time.
Killer rocks I'm from Oregon calapooia river some great diversity here love the choices u made....did u find yourself or order I find mine. Love to order spon any suggestions
A thought: If any of the rocks have any Gold flakes in them, just hosing the slurry into the grass will wash away the gold flakes as well
Have you ever discovered a gold nugget or Diamond after polishing a rock
I’ve seen other videos where people tumble the rocks with water and some ivory soap to get rid of the debris before moving to the next step. Have you ever tried this? Not sure if it is as effective as using a toothbrush or not. I purchased a Tumbler from Harbor Freight and I am in the first week of tumbling. I cannot wait to see what they turn out like!
I have never did the soap tumble, I just always wash them very good between steps. Good luck with your first attempt.
Where did you buy that bulk polish medium? I've only seen it at harbor freight in small quantities
I let my dry out marveling at them shoot love the tip gotta Google why
I found a cool rock in my yard. How can I find someone to do this process? I really want to bring out it's beauty
What does the slurry do to the grass? Do you rinse the grass with the slurry over and over and over? What do you advise about dumping the slurry--NOT DOWN THE DRAIN-- but doesn't your grass take a huge hit?
what do u use the rocks for
Just curious, where do you the silicone mesh carbide?
i want to see results after !!!
I've been super interested in getting into this, thinking maybe it's something I can get into with my son. Where do you initially buy/find your rocks to tumble? THank you!
I find my rocks, stones and pebbles pretty much everywhere ... gravel driveways are incredibly rich with smaller stones, beaches, hiking trails ...
Damn get a respirator all that silicon carbide dust is tearing your lungs up
How fast is the tubler turning? Is there a limit to how fast it turns at.
i take it you know val from M.L.S ..(where u got your polish)
Is there a way to make polished rocks egg shaped, i spend lots of money buying these? thanks
I have done all 4 steps and my rocks are still dull! Any tips
Did you sell this bro cuz I really wanna it ?
Do you only buy rocks or do u go looking for them ?
Saw Princeton, Minnesota on packages is there where you are from?
Princeton is about 40 minutes north and west of where I live.
What will you do with all of them when they're completed?
I will talk a little about that in the next video Jeff. I seem to get this question quite a bit. Thank you. Joe
What are those filler made of? It sounds like ceramic is it glazed or unglazed?
just looks like ceramic. I can not remember if they are glazed or not.
Why is it so important to keep the rocks wet between tumblings?
I assumed that he was trying to prevent the slurry from drying on the rocks.
What do you do if the rocks dry in between tumbles?
They wont polish
What are your project plans for those rocks?
Im not sure, I have polished a LOT of rocks. I will maybe address this question in the next video. Thanks Renee. Joe
Just wondering, why is it important to keep them wet between tumbling steps?
+Thomas Brannan ...
Because KY Jelly gets expensive.
If they dry with any traces of grit on them the grit hardens into something like a cement that's almost impossible to get off. It runs any shine.
Just listen to 'Texas Waterbird B'. That grit can turn to shit really fast if you let it sit. Always keep your stones nice and moist between tumbles.
I've been taught to keep them wet as well. Apparently if the rocks get dry and you start handling and rubbing them together there's a possibility for them to get scratched and that would totally negate any previous grit levels.
Why would the rocks need to stay wet?
Polir Pedras Usando um lapidador de pedras giratório, é possível diminuir o tempo, usando um Lapidador mais possante. E qual o material usado no pó grosso, médio e fino?
Once I found brick wall like structure stone semi transparent
Do you sell these? This seems like such a fun hobby and I'd love to take it up but only if I knew I could make something back from it. Otherwise I'd just have a bunch of pretty rocks and nowhere to put them lol
I have never sold them. I do use them in other projects out in the workshop.
There is a lively trade and sell community on Facebook, eBay, etc.
I have like a 175 ct rough sapphire w matrix. Will it take off all the matrix?
Likely to break up the sapphire, corundum can have thin plates of calcite in the crystal structure and it is not durable. Other ways to take off matrix.
I live in an apartment. Is the tumbler super loud??
If you put it in a closet it will be quieter and not bug the neighbors but they do make noise.
I wonder if NASA ever put some moon rocks in one of those things?
There are a couple of highly polished moon rocks in Florida and D.C. that have been worn down by millions of people touching them. I've touched them too, one is at Cape Canaveral and the other is in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. No need to tumble them, I would imagine it was hard to figure out how to get someone from running off with them, though.
Interesting. I was at Kennedy Space Center in 94, there was a moon rock to look at, but not to touch. Fascinating place, though, especially the Rocket Garden and the Space Mirror Memorial.
Maybe not until the next 5 to 30 years
You have a lot of banded agate
Ok, so now, what are the rocks going to be used for. WHY DID YOU POLISH them in the first place?
Because I want to.
at first I thought this rock polishing segment was going to suck.
I am wrong. I like this a lot..I want to do this. is it expensive?
I'm just starting this hobby thanks to watching Joe and I've spent about $200 Getting started I got a used tumbler on Ebay and have used Amazon also. Just Google rock tumbling lots of info
Good luck
You can get a new 3 pound tumbler for around 90 dollars but it would be better to spend about 40 more and get the double 3 pound tumbler. Mine is a double 6 but it takes quite a lot of rocks to fill even 1 of them and for a person starting out you dont want to wait Lol. I would say that Alf is correct, you can get started on a couple hundred and more than likely you will have enough grit for a few tumbles. Its actually very fun.
***** thanks Joe
NorthernSeclusion where can I buy a full set of grits cause I do brass polishing but I want to start doing rock tumbling and I want to know where I can buy them
It is also addictive. Enjoy!
What the squeaky Fawcett hell!?!?
I'm surprised that you take them inside and scrub everything in the kitchen sink after saying that the slurry can set up like concrete in the drain. I could understand it if you didn't do much tumbling, but since you have your own youtube channel, you must do a lot, won't it eventually set up in there?
There may not have ben any grit left, and if there is any, probably not enough to stick to the drain. But just one or two individual bits caught in a cavity of the rock could ruin the polish later.
Nao sei falar sua lingua mas quero saber quanto custa um aparelho deste d brilhar pedras em moedas brasileira e onde compra obrigado
If they are pitted run them again with coarse
You don't know the difference between quartz and a moss agate. Which is what your larger rock is
Oh well. I could care less what they are, I just want them nice and shiny. Lol.
@@NorthernSeclusion Care - it looks like a nice Montana agate. Nice find.
Chipping stones when dumping them.
I did not see any chips, did you?
do you sleep :)
I get about 6 hours a night.
cleaning in the sink? Hope no grit going down the drain, dreadful consequences to that I know. And the grit, flour fine, no protection from a mask? I am concerned.
Watch more of the videos where I have explained over and over and over how you do not want the grit going down the drain. I really do NOT think I have to worry about inhaling the grit.