Tumbling Rocks in ALL FOUR Stages of Grit at Once! What Happens to the Rocks?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2022
- I was tumbling rocks and I had a thought-what would happen if you mixed all the grits together in one batch? What would happen to the rocks? So in this video-I did just that! It was a pretty fun experiment and I did not expect the results in the end! I hope you enjoy!
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If you think about it, tumbling around in a lot of differently sized particles and water is what beach rocks do, so it makes sense that they wound up fairly smooth!
Oh that’s a good point!
I accidentally bumped into your channel.. and I absolutely love it! Makes me want to buy a tumbler
Thank you so much!
Before watching the result I would say stage one would cancel out the rest. That makes the most sense to me.
Not what I expected at all! I figured that the coarse grit would just overpower everything else and it'd be like any coarse run, just less effective. I was surprised at the shine at the end!
Awesome experiment two months with just polish would be a cool one to try. I really enjoy seeing your rock collection! Congratulations on 5k!
Thank you! Yes a just polish would be really interesting! I might have to try it!
I've left my rocks tumble for a month before. I was in the process of moving from grandparents and didnt wanna move them in between stages. Honestly they turned out WAY better just leaving them. Now I don't mind leaving them run longer. I kinda wanna try this in a 12lb tumbler and see what happens
Oh great idea! Yes the more they tumble the smoother they become!
Oh fun! Never hurts to try 👏🏽
I normally like my rocks in the natural state but now I want to get a tumbler just to try this. I have a couple towers that I love because there are a few raw parts that have a nice blend of rough and finished. Time to go tumbler shopping. Thank you for this video!
Just a thought, start with the finest grit to the coarsest eliminates the need to wash the spoon
Huh that’s a really good idea actually!
I think those look fantastic. The natural characteristics of each rock is shining through.
Love your experimentation videos!! You experiment so we don't have to! Very interesting though. Thank you!!
I’m glad you like it! Thanks!
I love these kinds of experiments ! Interesting results too.
I would split this process in two.
First tumble them with the larger grits and then tumble with the polishing grits seperately. That should give the polishing compounds a change to do their job better.
Love it !
Oh good idea!
That's basically just a regular tumble though, just abridged
After watching a ton of your videos, I was finally able to get a tumbler for Christmas, along with the grit/media... I watched your videos and how much you liked Polly Plastics, so that's what I'm starting my tumbling journey with... :) Thank you for recommending them..
Congratulations on the new hobby. Especially something that involves appreciating aspects of Earth’s beauty.
Makes you wonder if instead of going through each individual stage, you could just go with like the first two or three atages for like a month, then just polish at the end. Especially with the beach rocks comment i read.
Right!! Might be worth a try!
Now that was surprising it did much better than I expected. food for thought now. Gets them to a pretty good spot for a final polish without having to check them weekly
Right! I think if you have the right kind of rocks (ones that don’t have many cracks or chips) and polish easily it could be a little hack to not have to check them so often!
Oh wow, I'm super impressed with how they turned out, I was not expecting that shine like that! Great experiment!
Right! I was really surprised!!
@@AgateAriel thanks for sharing this great idea!
Keep rockin !
Love the way you try everything!
I was surprised by the results! Thought for sure they would be re scratched from courser grit.
Love your videos!
Right! I was surprised they had any sort of shine!
YOUR A GENIUS!!!
These are so gorgeous
I love your positivity. Great video as always.
Thank you so much! 😊
it looks like it affected the hard rocks and the soft rocks way differently possibly and what I was saying I think some of that white in the cracks might come out with the Borax in the last week or so of turning I pick that up on a TH-cam somewhere and it really works nicely to clean it up and bring it to a high polish I wasn't getting a high polish before I added borax for some reason I don't know what I was doing wrong but the borax kicked it up a notch☺️
Yes I agree! Each rock was very unique and seemed to react differently! Yes borax, ivory soap, or dish soap (my preferred method) work great to get out the stuck on grit!
Wow I am impressed with the results. Another Great Video
Thank you so much! 😊
These came out better than I would have thought, but as you were doing this, I was thinking that there is a reason they have separate steps for tumbling. Still, cool experiment!
I agree! Definitely and interesting experiment but totally see why the stages are usually separate!
I'm kinda impressed because with some of them I really love the shape also and would just put them into the last stage❤
Me too.
That was fun and it turned out anout what you would expect. Thanks!
Yes it was a pretty fun experiment!
I would think after just a week the more courser grit would have been the more cutting grit so it would more stage 1 shape. Since it was a month the grit broke down to get as a lot of folks have said beach rock smooth.
I think the reason it worked as well as it did was the size difference. When the course grit was fresh, it would have been used more than the finer stages. As it wore down, the finer stages would be making more contact with the rocks.
That’s pretty cool. I bet one week in the polish with some ceramic pellets would get a nice shine.
That may work! They are definitely smooth already!
I think maybe stage one and two together. Then prepolish and polish separately
Maybe try a two stage. Three heavy grit then the aluminum oxide. Cool experiment. Thanks for doing it. Add a small geode.
I AM EXPERIMENTING STARING WITH FIRST STAGE GRIT AND THEN ON UP TO THE LAST STAGE JUST ADDING THE NEXT GRIT STAGE ON UP. My theory is as stage one is tumbling the grit will become finer to it being in the tumbling action, then add in the second and so on and then we shall see the end result. We LOVES this HOBBY!!! I can see why you have such a BRIGHT / WONDERFUL / BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT!!! or you are a darn good actress and should be given an Emmy, BUT IN MY OPINION YOU ARE NOT. MANY BLESSINGS UPON YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!
🤔 cool idea. I’d love to see a video on this
That was a pretty cool experiment.
The shine was suprising.
Right I was super surprised too!
When you do this for a month, are you running the tumbler non-stop for a month or is it on a timer for the sake of giving the motor a cool down rest in between runs ? If so, what are your cycle times ?
Tumblers run 24/7. The motors used are built for it.
Interesting stuff!
Thank you!
I new too tumbling, I got a bag of rocks and started tumbling them .I'm 3 weeks into my tumbling. The anticipation . It's killing me lol.
Love it!! I’m sure they will turn out awesome!
That was an interesting experiment. I really didnt expect much to happen at all but that was after a week, with a month of tumbling, a lot more polishing action happened then i expected. They actually turned out way better than i expected. Im wondering if you had used some ceramic media, in the barrels, to keep them from banging each other up and chipping them, how much better they would have been. Im thinking with a lot of them, you can easily just put them in with just the step four polish, and some media to keep from chipping up and cracking, and they would be beautiful. Cool experiment idea!
Yes I thought about adding media but didn’t have any spare at the time! It definitely was an unexpected result!
Gr8 vid xx
Thank you!
I live in an area where they can, and do mine Garnett... Think it would be too hard to tumble? I mean, they mine it, crush it and sell it as an abrasive....
Hello, I have a question: I use the rocks almost exclusively on the sea beach, and therefore they are already partially worked and rounded, could I just use the last two steps with 500 grit and aluminum oxide?
So if you did the 3 grits together and then the polishing stage, what do you think would happen.
I’m not sure! Might be another good experiment!
I have an idea for a follow up experiment! What would happen if you tumbled for 2 weeks, then rinsed and added the same ratios of powder again? This test wasn't just having everything together - it also used only a quarter of the usual amount of grit! So two weeks with everything (a total of two times) would be really cool to see.
It would also be really cool to see two weeks with steps 1 and 2, and then two weeks with steps 3 and 4 (one tablespoon each)!
What happened to your final video of the tumble with me series? Looking forward to seeing the final result
Check out my channel post for an update! It will be out this Wednesday at 5:30pm CST! 😊 Thanks for asking and for your patience! 😊
@@AgateAriel awesome and congrats on your new arrival, so precious
Can i use the same abrasive material for polishing steel parts?
I could make necklaces out of sooo many of those!
Might be coming soon 👀
Hi Ariel! First I would like to say I love your videos ! Fun and informative..but now I’m working on mine and continue have grit at the bottom of the barrel in stage 1? Could there be a specific reason I should look at?
I would assume you are adding too much!
@@AgateAriel I guess it’s possible ? I have. 3lb tumbler and I use 3tbs? Anyway I’ll get there!
Interesting experiment! I didn't think they'd be as smooth as they were. Question: what does it mean when you dump out your rocks and a bunch of sludge is stuck to the bottom? I sometimes have to pry and dig that stuff out. Am I putting too much grit? Mahalo!
Yes! Too much grit would be the issue they will get a better tumble if you add less 😊
I'm not being weird but I love you 😜 I have a lot of stuff I need to tumble soon as it gets here. Love ur videos. Ur fkn cool
do you ever use Borax in your last tumble just regular polish phase the Polish medium, do you ever add borax to that?
I typically use dawn dish soap, but I know borax works too!
For your rocks with a lesser hardness, try using the same hardness with a ceramic medium along with your grit or just add a lot of ceramic pellets if you don’t want to add more rocks.
Definitely a great tip! Ceramic media is definitely really helpful!
I have small agates that I busted out of the schist and they're pretty clean but there's still some stuff on them what step should I use I don't want to ruin the hexagon shape
Good question I’m not really sure sorry!
Ok
That looks like a 2-3 lbs tumbler - wouldn't it be ~4 tablespoons of grit for that size and weight? They turned out great regardless. Just wondering if I'm using too much grit in mine.
Technically yes, but I have always found that if I add that much, it just gets stuck to the bottom. So I always just do two! Then I feel like I don’t waste as much!
@@AgateAriel Nice! Thanks for letting me know. Definitely a hobby worth experimenting with.
Impressive, I believe a week in 1200 and they would really shine. Cool experiment will have to give it a try myself.
Right! I might have to try that!
Where did you get your rocks?
I find a lot at lakes and rivers! I have just recently starting buying some too!
I was expecting the coarser grit to prevail as we always worry about cleaning really well as we move to finer grits. You did get a bit of shine though. Interesting.
Right! That’s definitely what I thought! I was surprised some had an actual shine!
Do You have any tips for cleaning rocks?
I do! Check out my page for a few different ways!
@@AgateAriel Ok, thanks!
Very interesting video! Kinda surprised on your results. Have you ever tried using toothpaste as a polish inside the tumbler? I might try it after one of my tumblers are done this week.
Oh I haven’t! Might be interesting to try!
Very cool experiment! Love your content and looking fwd to more videos…well as you are able. I assume you’ve had baby, so probably have your hands full! 😆💝💕
Yes! She is almost 6 months now! Crazy how time flies!
Wow! Time does fly!!! I’ve got two little ones and they are catching the rock hounding bug like her Mama! 💕. I bet yours will as well!
Just found your channel Ariel, very interesting love your style quick and to the point so I've ordered a tumbler and going to have a go you have made it look quite easy thanks 😊🇦🇺
That’s awesome! I hope you enjoy tumbling!
Or just stick eyes and feet on them . Rock creatures.
I thought you aren’t supposed to put liquid soap in cause it bubbles too much?
I’ve not had a problem with it as long as you don’t put in too much!
So recently I’ve been accidentally over filling my barrels so it took three months give or take, a very tiny amount actually started to shine up in stage one. So my guess was they might have been a little shiny. I also might’ve been putting too much grit… now I’m trying to re-learn lol.
Yes that can be tough sometimes! Glad I can help!
Pick your favorites and run step 3 and 4 again.
Good idea!
try adding salt and mineral oil
Interesting! What would that do? Might be a fun experiment!
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Double tap to fast forward or find another video…. Not everyone can create content as awesome and to the point as your channel’s. Wait, where’s your content? Surely you’re not judging someone on something you can’t and won’t do.
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