Fast Rock Tumble Cheat. 'Polished' stones in just 7 days!

Rock tumbling is not as easy as it is sometimes made out. I know that many of you struggle to achieve a real polish on your pebbles with your rock tumbler. This method is a cheats way and will give you nice shiny stones in just a few days.
All this method requires is for you to tumble the first stage only, then follow the instructions in the video to achieve a really glossy polished finish to your pebbles.
This is and easy method of rock tumbling for beginners to short-cut long waiting times and should only take a few days from start to finish.
In this tutorial I show the complete process and show the pebbles before and after.
This method will work on any stone, Agate beach stones or simply picked up pebbles.

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[jamessayer]

Fantastic I have one worry though, as I worked in shotblasts and lots of chemicals dust etc 46 years the dust from stones does cause bronchitis and you had no ventilation or a mask on mate the reason I say this I loved your techniques they were superb and I have used buffing wheels for brass fire extinguishers the dust and solvol autosol and the acrylic varnish all superb I did some amazing coasters doing same process on a bigger scale, ,,how's that for an idea you are allowed to steal it mate, and any other person reading this, ,, the comment you will get on stone coasters doing your method is fantastic, ,but thanks again for an amazing video 👍😀🇬🇧

[ethangeurin]

I LOVE IT…. It’s as if “POOH BEAR” had a deeper mature voice. Quite lovely. 🤗

[marysoldner]

Just tumbled onto your channel! I'm afraid I am a purist when it comes to polishing stones. However, after ten years of having no rock fun, I am back and got the harbor freight two barrel machine. I've had them before. They're good enough but yours is way cool. So fast!! I want to make my own. I think I'm going to really like your vids, can't believe I haven't seen Thanks for sharing, it's really nice!?

[txwaterbird]

Thank you. I have tried to polish stones that I have found, usually getting poor results. This has helped immensely. It stands to reason that weathered stones would react differently than stones freshly mined.

I also love having a peek in the middle of a cycle also. It has never hurt anything as far as I could tell.

[naturalstones]

Thanks for the tips! I have learned a lot from your channel. I am now making my own creations out of stone! -Ben

[claydavis]

Thank you for your advice I will try that in the near future. I appreciate your program and a great teachings.

[Dannydawson]

What a great man you are ! Thanks for putting this vid up I got the idea walking around Blackpool on holiday doing something with stones pebbles ect either shaping or painting or both

[aalexander]

Great tutorial and you do beautiful work!!! Much appreciated

[kslinaz]

Good to know. This is how we learn beyond reading theory, from the experiential perspective.
Thank you.

[briergate]

You’re just marvellous to listen to. Thank you for this lovely video

[yvonnefochesato]

This is the first video I watched. I did not notice any shaking, but I like the pictures through your video and at the end. Sometime people move it so fast, I can not focus.🙃 Thanks !! I think i will stick around and look at some Illinois rocks. Keep up the nice job!

[bluey]

Thank you so much for your video. I've been collecting stones off my beach for quiet a while now and i finally took the plunge and bought a NATGEO tumbler (shhh don't tell my brother just yet he'll pinch it!) . Anyway, I will try your way initially and I'll just use the polished stones in my plants pots or my fairy garden. Now when I go the 'Full MONTY' I MAY just make up some picture frames with small rocks and various shells off the beach in the middle and send them to cousins in Australia and other parts of the UK as a reminder of their birth places and roots. Also something for my own home and my mums grave. There will always be something or somewhere they can go. Thank you again a short'ish video I really needed.

[kakopedras]

Note 10, Sir, I thank you so much for your lesson!

[Floydwellian]

I like the way you think! 😄 When I was very young I would collect rocks and paint them with clear nail polish, hahaha. Now that I'm retired I thought rock tumbling might be a good hobby for me, but I just haven't the patience (it's a good thing I like nice raw mineral specimens). So thanks for the "cheat" idea.... Be safe with those floating particles and fumes, and thanks!

[migalito]

Nice.

On a lark I built a rotary tumbler over the last week. Tonight I powered it up to see if indeed the device works and it does.

Having never tumbled I did not realize most people use a wet tumble. My tumbler was set up for dry, but with a gasket it might handle the wet method.

I also learned a Vibratory tumbler would cut the time down after learning it could take months in a rotary tumbler, if one is picky. Oh well, my tumbler will make a nice ball mill for other things if months is required in the tumbler to polish stones.

Fortunately I have a carbon copy of your variable speed 3 inch grinder/polisher. So at the least, if I gather smooth stones from a fast stream I should get one small polished stone although I had wanted several for a jewelery making adventure this Fall and Winter.

[mustwereallydothis]

You would love collecting stones where I live. All our stones are very smooth. Finding a rough one is quite rare.

[claudiamiller]

Thanks for this…it’s fired up my wish to do some tumbling again! And I’d stick that tray on a nice big cake turntable to make it easier to spin.

[kaylasprettynails]

Hi! I'm new to your channel and brand new to tumbling! So new I haven't even bought a tumbler yet but I am so so excited to start this hobby! I have been binge watching videos so I can know as much as possible for when I get the money to buy a tumbler. Anyway on the video I watched earlier they said not to dry the rocks between tumbles because if there is any slurry in the cracks or holes that it could dry and harden and you wouldn't be able to get it out. Like I said I haven't ever even done this before but at @6:00 you were talking about drying and I just thought I would mention it 😉 but I'm excited to give this a try and I'm definitely gonna binge watch some of your videos and get some more info! Thanks! And happy tumbling ✌️😊

[alaskanadventure]

The David Attenborough of rock tumbling!😂 This is great

[lukerazonski]

Only 2:35 in and I already know this tumbler... is 100% legit! No click bait here, this is going to be a gem.