If you think about it, tumbling around in a lot of differently sized particles and water is what beach rocks do, so it makes sense that they wound up fairly smooth!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Oh that’s a good point!

Before watching the result I would say stage one would cancel out the rest. That makes the most sense to me.

Not what I expected at all! I figured that the coarse grit would just overpower everything else and it'd be like any coarse run, just less effective. I was surprised at the shine at the end!

I accidentally bumped into your channel.. and I absolutely love it! Makes me want to buy a tumbler

@AgateAriel

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I normally like my rocks in the natural state but now I want to get a tumbler just to try this. I have a couple towers that I love because there are a few raw parts that have a nice blend of rough and finished. Time to go tumbler shopping. Thank you for this video!

Just a thought, start with the finest grit to the coarsest eliminates the need to wash the spoon

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Huh that’s a really good idea actually!

Awesome experiment two months with just polish would be a cool one to try. I really enjoy seeing your rock collection! Congratulations on 5k!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes a just polish would be really interesting! I might have to try it!

I've left my rocks tumble for a month before. I was in the process of moving from grandparents and didnt wanna move them in between stages. Honestly they turned out WAY better just leaving them. Now I don't mind leaving them run longer. I kinda wanna try this in a 12lb tumbler and see what happens

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Oh great idea! Yes the more they tumble the smoother they become!

@lorettamartinez2144

Жыл бұрын

Oh fun! Never hurts to try 👏🏽

Now that was surprising it did much better than I expected. food for thought now. Gets them to a pretty good spot for a final polish without having to check them weekly

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Right! I think if you have the right kind of rocks (ones that don’t have many cracks or chips) and polish easily it could be a little hack to not have to check them so often!

I love these kinds of experiments ! Interesting results too. I would split this process in two. First tumble them with the larger grits and then tumble with the polishing grits seperately. That should give the polishing compounds a change to do their job better. Love it !

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Oh good idea!

@orirune3079

8 ай бұрын

That's basically just a regular tumble though, just abridged

I would think after just a week the more courser grit would have been the more cutting grit so it would more stage 1 shape. Since it was a month the grit broke down to get as a lot of folks have said beach rock smooth.

These are so gorgeous

After watching a ton of your videos, I was finally able to get a tumbler for Christmas, along with the grit/media... I watched your videos and how much you liked Polly Plastics, so that's what I'm starting my tumbling journey with... :) Thank you for recommending them..

@supabiscuit

3 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the new hobby. Especially something that involves appreciating aspects of Earth’s beauty.

I think those look fantastic. The natural characteristics of each rock is shining through.

YOUR A GENIUS!!!

Keep rockin ! Love the way you try everything! I was surprised by the results! Thought for sure they would be re scratched from courser grit. Love your videos!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Right! I was surprised they had any sort of shine!

it looks like it affected the hard rocks and the soft rocks way differently possibly and what I was saying I think some of that white in the cracks might come out with the Borax in the last week or so of turning I pick that up on a KZread somewhere and it really works nicely to clean it up and bring it to a high polish I wasn't getting a high polish before I added borax for some reason I don't know what I was doing wrong but the borax kicked it up a notch☺️

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Yes I agree! Each rock was very unique and seemed to react differently! Yes borax, ivory soap, or dish soap (my preferred method) work great to get out the stuck on grit!

I love your positivity. Great video as always.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊

Oh wow, I'm super impressed with how they turned out, I was not expecting that shine like that! Great experiment!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Right! I was really surprised!!

@CityRockhounding

Жыл бұрын

@@AgateAriel thanks for sharing this great idea!

These came out better than I would have thought, but as you were doing this, I was thinking that there is a reason they have separate steps for tumbling. Still, cool experiment!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Definitely and interesting experiment but totally see why the stages are usually separate!

Love your experimentation videos!! You experiment so we don't have to! Very interesting though. Thank you!!

@AgateAriel

10 ай бұрын

I’m glad you like it! Thanks!

You are fearless gal! I love your tumbling ideas.

I'm kinda impressed because with some of them I really love the shape also and would just put them into the last stage❤

@aliciaebert7885

7 ай бұрын

Me too.

Makes you wonder if instead of going through each individual stage, you could just go with like the first two or three atages for like a month, then just polish at the end. Especially with the beach rocks comment i read.

@AgateAriel

10 ай бұрын

Right!! Might be worth a try!

That’s pretty cool. I bet one week in the polish with some ceramic pellets would get a nice shine.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

That may work! They are definitely smooth already!

Wow I am impressed with the results. Another Great Video

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😊

I think maybe stage one and two together. Then prepolish and polish separately

I think the reason it worked as well as it did was the size difference. When the course grit was fresh, it would have been used more than the finer stages. As it wore down, the finer stages would be making more contact with the rocks.

That was fun and it turned out anout what you would expect. Thanks!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Yes it was a pretty fun experiment!

I AM EXPERIMENTING STARING WITH FIRST STAGE GRIT AND THEN ON UP TO THE LAST STAGE JUST ADDING THE NEXT GRIT STAGE ON UP. My theory is as stage one is tumbling the grit will become finer to it being in the tumbling action, then add in the second and so on and then we shall see the end result. We LOVES this HOBBY!!! I can see why you have such a BRIGHT / WONDERFUL / BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT!!! or you are a darn good actress and should be given an Emmy, BUT IN MY OPINION YOU ARE NOT. MANY BLESSINGS UPON YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!

@supabiscuit

3 ай бұрын

🤔 cool idea. I’d love to see a video on this

Maybe try a two stage. Three heavy grit then the aluminum oxide. Cool experiment. Thanks for doing it. Add a small geode.

I new too tumbling, I got a bag of rocks and started tumbling them .I'm 3 weeks into my tumbling. The anticipation . It's killing me lol.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Love it!! I’m sure they will turn out awesome!

That was a pretty cool experiment. The shine was suprising.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Right I was super surprised too!

That was an interesting experiment. I really didnt expect much to happen at all but that was after a week, with a month of tumbling, a lot more polishing action happened then i expected. They actually turned out way better than i expected. Im wondering if you had used some ceramic media, in the barrels, to keep them from banging each other up and chipping them, how much better they would have been. Im thinking with a lot of them, you can easily just put them in with just the step four polish, and some media to keep from chipping up and cracking, and they would be beautiful. Cool experiment idea!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Yes I thought about adding media but didn’t have any spare at the time! It definitely was an unexpected result!

Interesting stuff!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I live in an area where they can, and do mine Garnett... Think it would be too hard to tumble? I mean, they mine it, crush it and sell it as an abrasive....

So if you did the 3 grits together and then the polishing stage, what do you think would happen.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure! Might be another good experiment!

@taytribe806

11 ай бұрын

I have an idea for a follow up experiment! What would happen if you tumbled for 2 weeks, then rinsed and added the same ratios of powder again? This test wasn't just having everything together - it also used only a quarter of the usual amount of grit! So two weeks with everything (a total of two times) would be really cool to see. It would also be really cool to see two weeks with steps 1 and 2, and then two weeks with steps 3 and 4 (one tablespoon each)!

interesting! do the same experiment with the other tumbler doing the first grit only for a month and compare!

Gr8 vid xx

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I could make necklaces out of sooo many of those!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Might be coming soon 👀

For your rocks with a lesser hardness, try using the same hardness with a ceramic medium along with your grit or just add a lot of ceramic pellets if you don’t want to add more rocks.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Definitely a great tip! Ceramic media is definitely really helpful!

I wonder about doing all 3 grits and final polish for a month? I’m new to this but it’s fun! On stage 2. A friend of ours gave us a tumbler 😊 patience is a virtue! 😂

Interesting experiment! I didn't think they'd be as smooth as they were. Question: what does it mean when you dump out your rocks and a bunch of sludge is stuck to the bottom? I sometimes have to pry and dig that stuff out. Am I putting too much grit? Mahalo!

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Too much grit would be the issue they will get a better tumble if you add less 😊

Impressive, I believe a week in 1200 and they would really shine. Cool experiment will have to give it a try myself.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Right! I might have to try that!

Or just stick eyes and feet on them . Rock creatures.

I'm not being weird but I love you 😜 I have a lot of stuff I need to tumble soon as it gets here. Love ur videos. Ur fkn cool

Can i use the same abrasive material for polishing steel parts?

When you do this for a month, are you running the tumbler non-stop for a month or is it on a timer for the sake of giving the motor a cool down rest in between runs ? If so, what are your cycle times ?

@canadiangemstones7636

9 ай бұрын

Tumblers run 24/7. The motors used are built for it.

Hi Ariel! First I would like to say I love your videos ! Fun and informative..but now I’m working on mine and continue have grit at the bottom of the barrel in stage 1? Could there be a specific reason I should look at?

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

I would assume you are adding too much!

@lorettamartinez2144

Жыл бұрын

@@AgateAriel I guess it’s possible ? I have. 3lb tumbler and I use 3tbs? Anyway I’ll get there!

What happened to your final video of the tumble with me series? Looking forward to seeing the final result

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Check out my channel post for an update! It will be out this Wednesday at 5:30pm CST! 😊 Thanks for asking and for your patience! 😊

@papshumidor

Жыл бұрын

@@AgateAriel awesome and congrats on your new arrival, so precious

Very interesting video! Kinda surprised on your results. Have you ever tried using toothpaste as a polish inside the tumbler? I might try it after one of my tumblers are done this week.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Oh I haven’t! Might be interesting to try!

Hello, I have a question: I use the rocks almost exclusively on the sea beach, and therefore they are already partially worked and rounded, could I just use the last two steps with 500 grit and aluminum oxide?

do you ever use Borax in your last tumble just regular polish phase the Polish medium, do you ever add borax to that?

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

I typically use dawn dish soap, but I know borax works too!

Where did you get your rocks?

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

I find a lot at lakes and rivers! I have just recently starting buying some too!

I was expecting the coarser grit to prevail as we always worry about cleaning really well as we move to finer grits. You did get a bit of shine though. Interesting.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Right! That’s definitely what I thought! I was surprised some had an actual shine!

That looks like a 2-3 lbs tumbler - wouldn't it be ~4 tablespoons of grit for that size and weight? They turned out great regardless. Just wondering if I'm using too much grit in mine.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Technically yes, but I have always found that if I add that much, it just gets stuck to the bottom. So I always just do two! Then I feel like I don’t waste as much!

@amusingautomatons2692

Жыл бұрын

@@AgateAriel Nice! Thanks for letting me know. Definitely a hobby worth experimenting with.

Do You have any tips for cleaning rocks?

@AgateAriel

11 ай бұрын

I do! Check out my page for a few different ways!

@ChrFilip

11 ай бұрын

@@AgateAriel Ok, thanks!

I have small agates that I busted out of the schist and they're pretty clean but there's still some stuff on them what step should I use I don't want to ruin the hexagon shape

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Good question I’m not really sure sorry!

@lancegouvan1653

Жыл бұрын

Ok

So recently I’ve been accidentally over filling my barrels so it took three months give or take, a very tiny amount actually started to shine up in stage one. So my guess was they might have been a little shiny. I also might’ve been putting too much grit… now I’m trying to re-learn lol.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Yes that can be tough sometimes! Glad I can help!

Pick your favorites and run step 3 and 4 again.

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Good idea!

I thought you aren’t supposed to put liquid soap in cause it bubbles too much?

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

I’ve not had a problem with it as long as you don’t put in too much!

Very cool experiment! Love your content and looking fwd to more videos…well as you are able. I assume you’ve had baby, so probably have your hands full! 😆💝💕

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Yes! She is almost 6 months now! Crazy how time flies!

@seaweld2000

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Time does fly!!! I’ve got two little ones and they are catching the rock hounding bug like her Mama! 💕. I bet yours will as well!

try adding salt and mineral oil

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

Interesting! What would that do? Might be a fun experiment!

Can we get to the point before 2025 please

@supabiscuit

3 ай бұрын

Double tap to fast forward or find another video…. Not everyone can create content as awesome and to the point as your channel’s. Wait, where’s your content? Surely you’re not judging someone on something you can’t and won’t do.

Don't be soooo dramatic!

Just found your channel Ariel, very interesting love your style quick and to the point so I've ordered a tumbler and going to have a go you have made it look quite easy thanks 😊🇦🇺

@AgateAriel

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I hope you enjoy tumbling!

Where's my favorite girl I haven't seen you in a while