Making Ocean Glass In My DIY Rock Tumbler

Ocean Glass - I bet some of you are like me and when you walk down the beach and spot a smooth piece of glass you can't help but bend down, pick it up, and put it in your pocket!
I love collecting glass and having recently built a DIY Rock Tumbler I though I'd give it a go. Join me as I collect some old bottles, smash them up, and get them on the tumbler!
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[@georgef7754]

Glass looks amazing. What a great result.

[@AdventuresWithRosy]

Not bad aye! I was pretty happy with how it turned out 😁

[@BlackPete...]

I reckon your local windscreen repairer could probably keep you in little glass cubes for life. Amazing how you've made rock tumbling so engaging. A brilliant addition to your other content. Show us yer rocks...

[@AdventuresWithRosy]

Haha thanks Pete, I’m quite enjoying having a hobby I can tinker with. It’s a nice distraction from all the property work haha 😁

[@DIYAdventureNZ]

The blue is very cool. Strange about the black and green!! What are you going to do with the glass now it’s polished?

[@AdventuresWithRosy]

That is a great question haha, I’ve given it straight to Harvey 😁

[@Pete_R63]

Funny thing, I bought a rock tumbler quite possibly more than 25 years ago and it is still in the box and even still in the original store bag sitting on a shelf in my basement. Haven't gotten around to using it!

[@AdventuresWithRosy]

Haha i bet you would find some cool rocks while out diving too!

[@devindioneff9473]

If you want it to look like actually beach glass you need a bigger barrel and faster speeds. You don’t want to polish them at all either. As for ur medium use large stones, ur glass of choice and a stage 1 grit or larger(sand works just fine). The grits purpose is to smooth and round the glass but to get a realistic beach glass finish you need to really beat the glass up good. Let’s assume ur piece has spent the necessary amount of time tumbling a genuine piece of beach glass will have different finish depending on its size. The larger the piece of glass the rougher the finish.

[@AdventuresWithRosy]

Ah interesting, I skipped the first few stages which will be why mine does not look beat up at all. I might have it a go with the sand one day to see how that turns out. I was wondering about the other rocks in there too but wasn’t sure if those rocks would chip/crack the glass?

[@devindioneff9473]

I suggest using rough grit to shave the glass down until you get ur desired shape. Rinse out the pulverized grit every 3 days for best results. (I know that might sound like a waste of grit but that’s why I suggested sand)

[@AdventuresWithRosy]

@@devindioneff9473 ok that sounds great! I’m thinking of trying it with some thicker glass as well, like some bits of the bottom of the bottles

[@devindioneff9473]

@@AdventuresWithRosy if you have a large drum and use fast speeds it will break the pieces into a size that are structurally sound. Most tumbler kits aren’t big enough or fast enough to worry about breaks even with large rocks tossed in since you only wanna fill ur tumbler half way at most

[@ducatidarmah122]

Hi, I'm just looking into rock/glass tumbling as a hobby. May I ask where you get your grit supplies from? Is it here in NZ? Thanks.

[@AdventuresWithRosy]

Hi, I’ve been buying my grits from Rotorua Rock & Gemstone shop (online) I did buy some cheaper grits off trademe but they were not going as good of a job 👍