zarguy
fully equipped rock polisher
Cedar City, Utah - rockhound heaven!
Member since December 2005
Posts: 1,791
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Post by zarguy on Mar 6, 2017 2:13:55 GMT -5
This is from the ad. The others are nice, but not as nice and one hit wonders. I can get 2 probably without stabilizing. Maybe this will be my first at stabilizing-- gotta do it eventually.... I wouldn't cab it without stabilizing. That's a pretty fractured example of Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper. Try Hxtal or other high quality epoxy. If not, it'll give you grief while cabbing. Polishing will make the fractures more obvious if not stabilized. Lynn
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 6, 2017 13:15:16 GMT -5
This is from the ad. The others are nice, but not as nice and one hit wonders. I can get 2 probably without stabilizing. Maybe this will be my first at stabilizing-- gotta do it eventually.... I wouldn't cab it without stabilizing. That's a pretty fractured example of Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper. Try Hxtal or other high quality epoxy. If not, it'll give you grief while cabbing. Polishing will make the fractures more obvious if not stabilized. Lynn Yes, I have the stuff to stabilize. I just have not yet done it. I want to see how much of that is healed, too. I hear it's really smelly to stabilize, so I need some warmer weather to do it outside. I still think I got my 10.00 worth- it came with a couple others, too.
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zarguy
fully equipped rock polisher
Cedar City, Utah - rockhound heaven!
Member since December 2005
Posts: 1,791
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Post by zarguy on Mar 6, 2017 16:30:09 GMT -5
The HXTAL I use is odorless. I heat up the stone under a 100 watt light bulb, apply HXTAL & then keep heating for a couple of hours. What are you going to use? Lynn
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 6, 2017 16:57:01 GMT -5
The HXTAL I use is odorless. I heat up the stone under a 100 watt light bulb, apply HXTAL & then keep heating for a couple of hours. What are you going to use? Lynn I bought opticon. Haven't used it, yet.
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