![]() ![]() ![]() Add one tablespoon of polish for every two pounds of material in the bowl. Place your material back in the tumbler bowl, then add enough polished ceramic media to bring the load up to the manufacturer's recommended operating level. Give the material and bowl a thorough cleaning before moving on to fine grit. Usually 4-6 days for us with this material. You are done with medium grit when you are satisfied with the shape and smoothness of the stones. After rinsing, add fresh grit and water and start tumbling again. If the mud gets too thick you will need to do a complete rinse of the material and bowl. If the action has slowed, add water a little at a time until the action is back to normal. While the tumbler is running, slowly add water until the material has a thin coat of wet grit and the tumbling action is smooth and fast in the bowl.Ĭheck the bowl every 8-12 hours to ensure the action is still good. If you would like to try burnishing to see if it improves the look of your polished stones full burnishing instructions can be found here.Ĭoarse grit is not used in a vibrating rock tumbler.Ĭeramic media is not required, however, we always run at least 20% ceramic media in a vibratory tumbler because we believe that it improves the tumbling action and results in nicer tumbled stones.Īfter you have your bowl loaded to the manufacturer's recommended level add 1 tablespoon of grit for every two pounds of material, including the media, in the bowl. However, burnishing this material after the polish step can often improve the shininess of the finished stones. Jasper, agate and petrified wood usually take a great polish. Add enough water to almost cover the rocks and let it tumble for one week. Place the rough in the barrel with two tablespoons of TXP polish for each pound of material in the barrel. Any grit carried over from a previous step will likely ruin your polish. IMPORTANT: Make sure that your barrel and rough have been cleaned thoroughly. The rocks should now be smooth and possibly starting to get a slight luster. Again add water to just a little below the top of the rocks. Fine Grit Step:Īfter clean-up, put the rocks back into the barrel using 2 tablespoons of fine grit per pound of material. Our EASY Rock Tumbling Recipe works well for rough that has a Mohs hardness of 7 and has been crushed to a variety of particle sizes under about 1 1/2 inches.īarrel slurry dumped down the drain will harden like concrete. The size range gives the material a good tumbling action and eliminates the need for ceramic media. This ocean jasper has been crushed and sized to perform well in small rotary tumblers such as the Thumler's MP-1, A-R1, and A-R2. That's what happens when a beautiful rough enters the market and rockhounds love it. The two deposits on the west coast of Madagascar have been minded for a couple of decades and will one day be worked out. Ocean jasper rough is getting harder and harder to find. When we tumble a couple of pounds we always find pieces that surprise us. It is pre-packaged in two pound bags, with each bag containing a diversity of color and pattern. The ocean jasper that we are selling has a broad color range that includes whites, creams, greens, yellows, reds, pinks and browns. Many pieces actually contain quite a bit of agate so a better name for this material might be "ocean chalcedony" - but "ocean jasper" is easier to say and spell :-) ![]() A few pieces contain small vugs lined with druzy quartz, which sometimes survives through the tumbling process. These produce beautiful round markings on the surface of tumbled stones, beads, cabochons or slabs made from the material. Ocean jasper has become famous and easy to recognize because of the colorful orbs and spheres scattered through the material. (The rough in the photo above was photographed wet to show full color.) ![]() It is mined at two locations on the west coast of Madagascar. It is a multi-color chalcedony with amazing orbs and bulls-eye patterns. Ocean jasper is one of the most colorful and beautiful tumbling roughs that we have ever seen. No Longer Available Ocean Jasper Tumbling Rough ![]()
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