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Is it Easy to Tumble and Polish Rocks Without a Tumbler?
February 16, 2021 • Cory Sursely
During a trip to Northern Michigan at the end of October 2020, my friend and I stopped at the beach in Charlevoix, MI to do a quick hunt for Petoskey stones. We didn’t have much time to look, but I found one good sized rock that kind of looked like there were dotted colors under the rough, dried out surface. I don’t have a rock tumbler, so I watched a couple of YouTube videos on how to hand polish rocks, like How to Hand Polish a Petoskey Stone - YouTube by Michigan Rocks. Running the water under water still did...
Rock Polish Types and Usage
January 24, 2021 • Brian Dais
Rock polish is the media used in your tumbler to grind down the rough edges and eventually polish the surface of stones. Sometimes it refers to just the final polish but can also be more broadly used to include both finishing polish and the coarser grits used earlier in the process.
Ceramic Tumbling Media Usage
January 24, 2021 • Brian Dais
Ceramic tumbling media is useful in rock tumbling to add to your barrel to provide several benefits. You will get better results due to filling a partial empty barrel and cushioning your stones, improving tumbling action and carrying grit to hard-to-reach places.
Plastic Pellets for Rock Tumbling
January 24, 2021 • Brian Dais
Plastic Pellets for rock tumbling are useful to add to your barrel and offer several benefits. You will get better results due to filling a partial empty barrel and cushioning your stones, improving tumbling action and carrying grit to hard-to-reach places. Finally, plastic pellets are probably the best tumbling media to reduce tumbling noise.
Rock Tumbler Media Choices
January 24, 2021 • Brian Dais
Rock tumbler filler has several benefits that will improve your tumbling results. The benefits include filling your barrel, cushioning your fragile stones, improving tumbling action and transporting grit to rock cervices.