zekesman
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Post by zekesman on Aug 7, 2019 15:54:10 GMT -5
Any tips, tricks, recipes or just advise on tumbling Turquoise? I just have a Loritone tumbler no vib.
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Don
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Post by Don on Aug 8, 2019 12:29:36 GMT -5
What kind of turquoise?
Stabilized would be best, or hard (well silicated) natural. But you'd be tumbling a fortune in turquoise if it's hard natural. If you're tumbling natural chalk or natural - should be stabilized - material, it's going to grind to dust real fast. treat it like tumbling calcite or fluorite.
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zekesman
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Post by zekesman on Aug 8, 2019 15:28:51 GMT -5
It is stabilized. I have ran it through coarse and medium. I was just wondering how to get a polish
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Don
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Post by Don on Aug 13, 2019 15:29:55 GMT -5
It is stabilized. I have ran it through coarse and medium. I was just wondering how to get a polish polishes well with zam on a felt buff...wonder if you could shave zam onto corncob or walnut shell and vibe shine that turquoise?
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