Can You Tumble Polish Granite

The motor on the machine turns the barrels and the rocks wear against each other until they are smooth.

Can you tumble polish granite.

See the products in this video and other great videos here. Natural rounded stones often have a weathering rind or bruising that must be abraded away before. However if the rocks you have found are of a softer variety you may get better results polishing them by hand. Agates with eyes are rare but if you tumble enough agate you will probably accumulate a nice collection of tumbled stones with eyes.

If the rocks are hard enough and you have a rock tumbler you may want to polish them using the tumbler. Rocks that produce granular debris when rubbed together will not polish. There are many methods for putting a profile on the edge he. Many people think a stream or beach rounded stone can go straight to fine grit then to polish.

The rocks that we picked were mostly granite granite gneiss gabbro diorite and basalt. The plastic machines made for children work the same way but they are loud and cheap because of their materials. We placed them in a thumler s uv 10 tumbler with about 50 ceramic cylinders six ounces of 150 220 silicon carbide grit plus a little water and ran them for several days they were rinsed and fresh grit added every morning. Granite is one of the hardest stones much harder than marble and requires a lot of work to polish.

Most of the time this is not true. The rubber is what keeps a rotary tumbler quiet and durable. You can tumble a couple of pounds of rocks at one time. Powder granite polish can be used dry or wet so it is more versatile wet polishing creates a lot of spray when used with power tools so wearing water resistant clothing will protect you and plastic sheeting should be used to protect walls furniture and cabinets.

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