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Post by parfive on Oct 29, 2007 23:47:54 GMT -5
. . . save some of those plastic wine corks you're tossin' in the garbage every night. ;D
When you really don't have enough rocks to fill a barrel on one of the later stages, and you don't wanna pour in more and more pellets, just toss some of those corks in there.
They make a great filler. Just keep 'em dedicated to that grit/polish size, same as pellets.
Rich
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Post by sandsman1 on Oct 30, 2007 0:00:42 GMT -5
good idea i got a bunch in the drawer here i knew they would work for something hahaha
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Post by krazydiamond on Oct 30, 2007 8:13:54 GMT -5
what a great way to recycle those corks!
KD
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Post by Roger on Oct 30, 2007 9:38:44 GMT -5
What a great idea.
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Post by stefan on Oct 30, 2007 11:52:02 GMT -5
Makes me wanna start drinking again
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Post by lastl98 on Nov 4, 2007 11:01:35 GMT -5
Great idea! Hiiii~cuppp.. Last
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Post by larrywyland3 on Nov 5, 2007 20:14:15 GMT -5
thanks for the tip
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Post by 181lizard on Nov 8, 2007 13:43:22 GMT -5
THIS...is a brilliant idea! Now...if I could get the wine companies I buy from to go back to corks instead of the screwtops!
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Post by rocklicker on Nov 17, 2007 15:26:49 GMT -5
Oh my gosh! What a great idea! I live in the middle of wine country here and we got corks coming out of our ears! Steve
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Post by bouldergal on Nov 22, 2007 0:14:29 GMT -5
Guess I better get busy and drink some more wine! Thanks for the great idea. I may even cut some in half for my smaller tumbler.
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Post by Peruano on Sept 10, 2014 18:17:51 GMT -5
Not to be a naysayer, nor to pretend expertise or experience that I don''t have, but I have a good friend and experienced lapidary guy who says never use plastic pellets, and by extension he probably wouldn't use plastic corks, because they leave a film on the final polished stones. Hence many folks have to use the boraxo burnish to brighten things after polish. So my advice is pay attention to see if you get a duller finish than you might expect if you this cork treatment. Just thinkin. Tom
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Post by mohs on Sept 10, 2014 18:53:48 GMT -5
corks are good for pulling the wire edge off your knife sharpening procedure also not particularly for a finish buff --that best done on a leather strop or cotton type buff--- but just to see where your at in the honing process
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Post by parfive on Sept 10, 2014 19:00:40 GMT -5
Bisphenol A, eh? : )
The lid’s plastic too. Damn.
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Post by kap on Sept 10, 2014 19:25:55 GMT -5
Great idea! I use plastic pellets with no problem.
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 26, 2014 0:24:07 GMT -5
The dried polish will leave a hard to remove residue on the rocks, The Borax burnish is necessary whether you use plastic or not IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 10:10:19 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Oct 11, 2014 11:09:42 GMT -5
I'll drink to that
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