How to polish rocks with borax in a rock tumbler. make your rocks extra shiny in rock polisher

[@michaelvandyke6715]

Those metal strainers streak the rocks.. I went to plastic... Nice shine...

[@ryanhildebrandt7066]

Wash off outside, that can clog your drain. Looks awesome

[@ainschuntayleuhn1147]

Thank You! I have tried all kinds of different types of finishing materials and the are always full. Same size & type drum as yours. Can’t wait to try it!

[@ByGraceIGo]

Thank you for your very simple abridged video without BS music! Very concise and easy to understand thank you. I've heard of the Ivory soap thing but not the borax. When to go out today I'm going to see if I can pick up some borax. 👍

[@stephaniebentley1696]

This is awesome I’m hoping it’ll work to really add shine to my tumbling ! I just started tumbling my childhood to now collection of roughly 6 buckets full of rocks I’ve collected 😂

[@khengvuy3597]

Very beautiful And perfect for your experience

[@pyrosketcher1490]

Can't argue with those results!

[@rachaelmccarl]

Excited to try this!!! Very cool

[@CrowSpirit1977]

Also rubbing some vegetable oil on rocks with cracks or fractures will help hide that stuff really well.

[@kacyvarner4407]

Love your rocks did u buy these or did u mine them? if u mined them where did u mine them? Would love to try that location thats if its in my my state.

[@bubbsmayne7533]

Just curious.. what happens if you use iron out in a rock tumbler before using any grit? I see people cleaning with it. Would it make any difference to let them tumble in iron out or just sit?

[@josephbrantley4692]

Wow thanks bro

[@dianequince8761]

My question is, did you do this after the last polish?

[@rjs3292]

Borax is banned in the UK. Would this work with baking soda?

[@RobertBuman]

Borax is a water softener. I use it after the polish cycle to keep hard water mineral deposits from forming on my rocks. Think of spots on glasses in a dish washer. I run a final cycle for 30 minutes in my tumbler with water and a tablespoon of borax. I take the rocks out of the water borax solution and wipe them off. If you rinse them off you will get hard water deposits.

[@billmercer2176]

I do a 2 hour minimum borax cycle between each grit stage including after the final polish. Excellent results.

[@superhandymanservice9413]

I'll try it.

[@godsunrelentinglove]

No way!! They look wet still they’re so shiny!!!

[@gator83261]

Cool.

[@bluesbondsman]

Dawn dish soap also works for removing the film and improving the shine

[@jeffgomall8509]

What did you start out with? Standard rock polish grits?

[@thehow-tocrew8145]

Yep I do the standard 4 cycles, but was finding my rocks were not as shiny as I'd like. I've heard slices of bar soap work well too.

[@ZyanZik]

@@thehow-tocrew8145 yess the hard bar soap for clothing with mineral oil at end

[@kAb1307]

I was not satisfied with the polish on my rocks as well. Found out that the “polish” I bought from mjr tumblers was sub par. Aluminum oxide 1200 grit, got some better polish from the rock shed, aluminum oxide 8000 grit and it made all the difference in the world. I still burnish though, lol

[@carissacouturexo]

Do you think this would work on Obsidian? I'm scared to polish them because it's such a soft gemstone 😭

[@michaelvandyke6715]

Yes it does 👌

[@jimhutchison3435]

I read you should skip the first 2 steps with obsidian

[@amanaotayninh5257]

👍👍👍😍🥰🥰

[@katielyb]

That sounds like a little one in the background coughing. I hope whoever it is feels better.

[@sliceoflife3955]

Left mine in the tumbler all night with borax. No change at all. Didn't work

[@beckyporter9723]

I hope you dont dump your grits down the drain. They will dry and turn to a cement

[@icebergslimm853]

were those dry at the end?

[@NubianP6]

Yes, he said they were dry at 1:42.

[@valmontrealquebec5459]

Is this a joke does that really work? I'm gonna try it right now

[@douggentry3584]

The BORAX is simply cleaning the stones. You can try a drip or two of Dawn Dishwashing liquid as well.

[@AmandaZander]

Your so full of it this doesn't work