wolverine
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since October 2022
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Post by wolverine on Feb 4, 2024 19:44:33 GMT -5
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dillonf
fully equipped rock polisher
Hounding and tumbling
Member since February 2022
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Post by dillonf on Feb 4, 2024 20:36:22 GMT -5
Very nice job on that pet wood it looks really great. I haven't come across any with that cool milky agate running through it. Thanks for sharing!
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chris1956
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since July 2022
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Post by chris1956 on Feb 4, 2024 20:46:46 GMT -5
Nice polish! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by velodromed on Feb 6, 2024 15:42:53 GMT -5
That is an extremely cool petrified wood. Never seen it with the clear agate like that. I like the way you left a good bit of the natural wood look. Very nice.
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Post by Starguy on Feb 6, 2024 16:25:20 GMT -5
Great looking wood. I’ve got to echo how cool the agatized areas are. Thanks for showing.
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wolverine
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since October 2022
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Post by wolverine on Feb 6, 2024 20:22:04 GMT -5
That is an extremely cool petrified wood. Never seen it with the clear agate like that. I like the way you left a good bit of the natural wood look. Very nice. Thanks. This was only the second time that I have tumbled petrified wood. The last time was with different material and I noticed a big difference in how it turned out by how long I tumbled it in coarse. I pulled some stuff out early and ran some through to smooth it out more and it was like I had two different types of material after the polish stage. Not a good or bad, just different. I liked the stuff that was pulled out of coarse earlier with imperfections so that's what I did with this stuff and love how it turned out. I am guessing that I probably could have gone longer in coarse with this stuff as it seemed to be harder that the other wood I did but I generally tend to leave some imperfections In my tumbles as I am not a perfectionist. I definitely like the pet wood left with a little more of a natural look. The area I found this stuff at is known for having agatized wood. Apparently there is much better stuff out there than what I found but you have to work a little bit harder (dig) than I did to get to it, I just surface collected.
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Post by velodromed on Feb 6, 2024 21:27:17 GMT -5
That is an extremely cool petrified wood. Never seen it with the clear agate like that. I like the way you left a good bit of the natural wood look. Very nice. Thanks. This was only the second time that I have tumbled petrified wood. The last time was with different material and I noticed a big difference in how it turned out by how long I tumbled it in coarse. I pulled some stuff out early and ran some through to smooth it out more and it was like I had two different types of material after the polish stage. Not a good or bad, just different. I liked the stuff that was pulled out of coarse earlier with imperfections so that's what I did with this stuff and love how it turned out. I am guessing that I probably could have gone longer in coarse with this stuff as it seemed to be harder that the other wood I did but I generally tend to leave some imperfections In my tumbles as I am not a perfectionist. I definitely like the pet wood left with a little more of a natural look. The area I found this stuff at is known for having agatized wood. Apparently there is much better stuff out there than what I found but you have to work a little bit harder (dig) than I did to get to it, I just surface collected. I collect a lot of petrified wood here in south central Texas. if it’s chunks or not that nice looking to begin with, I’ll tumble it till smooth. But if it looks like wood, like this piece, I will very carefully tumble it just to expose the color underneath, and then leave it with a satin sheen.
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