Rock Tumbler Before and After

[@RockhoundingLife]

Hi There. I am really enjoying your channel. Love the double barrel lot-o tumbler! Just curious as to what recipe you generally use. How many stages? What grits? How long in each stage? Looking forward to more content from you!

[@naturalstones4529]

Hello! I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying our content just as much as I enjoy making it! So the recipe instructions actually come with the tumbler but the ceramic media and big bag of grit do not. Typically I use 1.5tsp of each grit type for harder rocks (fine, pre-polish, polish) for 24 hours each (36hrs. for polish lately), adding a half cap of water at the 12 hour mark to maintain slurry consistency. I can make a how to video in the future to walk you or anyone else through the process. Thanks for watching! We have a lot more content coming up, tune in on Thursdays for our newest creation.

[@RockhoundingLife]

@@naturalstones4529 Thanks. I've been using the lot-o tumbler now for a few months and i'm just curious what other peoples recipe is that use it. I used the recipe that came with the instructions but have been experimenting lately. I usually pre-shape my rocks on the tile saw then run them in coarse in the rotatory tumbler for final shaping. I run stage 2, 3 and polish in the lot-o. Lately for stage 2 I've been using 2tbsp of 120/220 silicon carbide grit for 2 days. Stage 3 I use 1tsp of 500 Aluminum oxide grit + 1 tbsp borax for 3 days. For Polish i run 1 tsp of Alumina (10,000 grit) + 1 tbsp borax for 2 days. I've been getting a much better shine with this recipe. I'm also tumbling agate and jasper most of the time so the rocks are pretty hard and take a nice polish anyway.

[@naturalstones4529]

@@RockhoundingLife That sounds like a good recipe! Have you noticed a noticeable difference in the polish when using the borax vs. without?

[@RockhoundingLife]

@@naturalstones4529 Yes. The borax helps the Aluminum oxide adhere to the rock better forming a nice coating. It also helps with clean up. I will sometimes burnish with 2 tbsp of borax for 2hrs after every stage in the lot-o just to help clean the grit off the rocks.

[@cj-pc6on]

I really appreciate this video. I'm getting a rock tumbler and wanted to see how non gems look.

[@naturalstones4529]

You are welcome! I prefer non gem rocks as well and I do most of my projects on Igneous and metamorphic rocks. Glad I could help.

[@suzanna6471]

Can I know how much yours was and if it worked well ? I’m think of buying one but idk which

[@cj-pc6on]

@@suzanna6471 I got the nat geo for 89.99 it works pretty good. It's slow going, but I liked it a lot. I got some really awesome rocks from it.

[@axelgranzini6797]

@#1 Boris Said Fan they have cool properties too

[@sunshinejones1775]

I like that you pick out rocks for their unique characteristics and flaws. I do the same. It's the odd ones that speak to me "pick me pick me"

[@midwestkid1879]

I NEVER see anyone polish granite, unakite, and other volcanic rocks and I also appreciate this viseo.

[@naturalstones4529]

You are welcome!

[@jackbrown3270]

i want to try this so bad i love rocks and never thought to shine em up

[@LakeAnglers]

I grew up in Bend Oregon my Brother was a Rock hound this video brought back so many memories. Time to get a tumbler for my Kids . Thanks

[@leighbrayley3637]

Hi, I’m in Melbourne, Australia & kind of stumbled into these videos, but have really been enjoying the content & processes of rock tumbling. As an absolute rookie, a beginners video would be helpful on how to get started (equipment, polishes, how to tell the difference between harder & softer rocks, etc). Thanks 😊

[@codylee2358]

Hey buddy, great video! I’ve been fighting a rock hound gene in my system for a while and this vid has convinced me to give in. Have a great New Year’s!

[@naturalstones4529]

I'm happy you have taken the leap! Happy New Year!

[@nomisnomis1188]

those who gave thumbs down are upset over the "tossing to side" handling of rocks :) Cool video! I'm looking to start rockhounding and tumbling...

[@naturalstones4529]

I agree, they don't understand that rocks like to be tossed. It is a cool hobby!

[@patriciaroysdon9540]

I want a tumbler for Christmas, and I am 63! The last time I had one, I was 11 or 12!

[@naturalstones4529]

I hope you get one!

[@txwaterbird6115]

I am 61 a d love every aspect of the hobby.

[@lararouse546]

This is cool! Just arranged my rock collection today and was wondering what they would like tumbled, thanks for showing us what pretty/normal easy-ish to find rocks look like with a shine❤

[@evelynbenitez6675]

I love your videos!!! I'm broke but your videos have inspired me to start this hobby. Cool galaxy rock by the way.

[@naturalstones4529]

Thanks! There are plenty more where that came from on the way!

[@marcellaleeper6368]

Here I am watching this at 4 am instead of sleeping lol. Great video, enjoyed very much

[@naturalstones4529]

Thankyou!

[@dayc801]

Same 4:14 am

[@averageyoutuber113]

That "galaxy" rock reminds me of Jupiter! It's actually crazy how similar the patterns look to the gas storms and swirls on jupiter. Would be cool to cut and polish it into a sphere!

[@PRISMADROID]

This dude deserves more subscribers

[@steampower9990]

This is the funniest yet most informative stuff I like it keep it up 👍👍

[@naturalstones4529]

Thankyou!

[@Bossdog91]

Granet feldspar is always gorgeous tumbled seeing the polished crystalline structures it's beautiful I make jewelry if you ever want to collaborate I'm a prospector and rockhounder also great video

[@shamansummer2152]

this is the first time I've seen such polishing technology

[@namiesnaturals3557]

All beautiful, put a glass bowl on ur table, works as a great stress reliever.

[@naturalstones4529]

Good Idea!

[@parimalabaste9310]

Yes i do it.

[@slcrack]

your face impression is very funny 😂😂 and I like it very much ❤ and your videos also different from others it's very unique Concept. Good Work and good luck. I'll watching your every videos

[@andremorning7427]

Beautiful rocks 😊 Wish you talked more about the process

[@naturalstones4529]

Thankyou! I will definitely make a process video in the future! Thanks for watching!

[@joydykstra5749]

love these rocks, I would have totally picked them up if I found them as well. Great finds

[@naturalstones4529]

Thanks!

[@MatthewCicanese]

I just subscribed! I can’t wait to see more soon! ❤

[@Kavilion]

This is so satisfying to watch. Thank you.

[@naturalstones4529]

I'm glad you like it! Thanks for the compliment.

[@judieahmed98]

Wow! You have a nice shine on those!

[@kam731]

I just collected some and I’m about to order a tumbler rn !!

[@Evade5431]

Random video in my recommendations. Tbh not disappointed

[@mrparakeet]

I've been contemplating buying one a few this might help me out. Also, this one is so beautiful, BANG

[@Kaiserloki7]

I just picked up some beauties from Lake Superior! I was wondering what’d they look like if I invested in a tumbler 🧐🧐 you know you love rocks when you say every one is your favorite haha, great video and soo fun!

[@pigcatapult]

Gotta love a nice rock, especially when it's shiny

[@KateSpiller]

Awesome video! I love your enthusiasm! My son has recently got into rock tumbling, and has the hobby tumbler from Nat Geo. For rocks found at the beach/sound that are already round & smooth, do you suggest skipping some of the grit sessions, and going straight to polishing?

[@oooooooonnneee]

They look so pretty!!

[@naturalstones4529]

I agree!

[@Hungryghost01]

Do people watch this channel while baked

[@supersleuth3161]

just discovered you, cool video.

[@hotchow1000]

I come up that way every year for the salmon run. We usually spend a day at Selkirk. I don't fish much that day. I end up strolling the beach and going home with a bag of rocks from the shore. I've seen two types of black rocks there. One type polishes very nicely, the other doesn't. It is difficult to pick them out on the beach and don't know which is which until after I tumble them. Anyway, the black rock you have with the quartz lines made me think of that.

[@naturalstones4529]

That's awesome! I also like to fish for salmon, but only in the smaller tributaries. It gets too crowded for me on the salmon river.

[@hotchow1000]

@@naturalstones4529 We avoid the Salmon river unless there is nowhere else to go.

[@cplsanders69]

I love how he's like " this is going to becomea beautiful rock!!..." Throws rock aside like it's some used w**** xD

[@thegreedyworm3120]

I as well, have nifty rocks from lake ontario. I need to get myself whatever machine you got your hands on

[@milesnewman8773]

Thank you for this video, you're inspiring me to go down this wonderful rabbit hole of the rock tumbling side of KZbin

[@naturalstones4529]

You are welcome! I would say its a good way to go. We have more coming!

[@tiffany7023]

Get on Instagram and just constantly post! Y'all will probably get a large following soon.

[@carischumann6300]

Those are some rad rocks!

[@alczek]

Just subscribed, enjoyed the video. I am just starting and am amazed it only took 3 days. Did you vibrate to polish and that's it or did you buffer them with a polish after? I tumble but obviously it's a long process. So help me understand how.

[@naturalstones4529]

No problem! Usually rock tumblers come with grit and instructions so that could help you if my explanation doesn't help but ill try my best. Make sure you have some type of Ceramic media to increase surface area of the grit rubbing. Step 1) Use a fine grit and a little bit of water for 1 day, adding a little water at the 12hr mark. Step 2) Change the grit to a pre-polish and repeat. Step 3) Change the grit to a polish and repeat. Step 4) If the rock is porous and still has a lot of cracks and divits, add one drop of dish soap during the last 20 min of polishing to get the polishing compound off of your rocks. BOOM, There you have it. Ill make a tutorial in the future to better explain this visually. Thanks for watching!

[@TommyGK]

What material was inside the tumblers? I remember using grit for my tumbler tho i dont think i seen a vibratory one before!

[@MrChubbyHubby.]

Hey Tommy's Puppet Lap that was ceramic tumbling media, looked like a mix of large and small.

[@pirateprospecting707]

I like your style friend!

[@naturalstones4529]

Thankyou! Plenty more awesome rock projects to come!

[@edtherockhound9944]

Yea I find a lot of these granite n quartz rocks and I grab them to . There pretty

[@naturalstones4529]

I'm glad you appreciate the natural beauty and awesomeness of igneous and metamorphic rocks too! Thanks for watching!

[@Agaettis]

I have so many containers of rocks just sitting around my room from the great lakes, mostly lake huron

[@naturalstones4529]

That's awesome! I bet some of them could be tumbled and would turn out really nice!

[@donnariddle5384]

wow, wow ,wow. I totally agree!

[@naturalstones4529]

Thankyou!

[@simonirwin8189]

Great video, can I ask what make of belt-polisher/sander you have in the background and is it water fed?

[@yenhachau8539]

Galaxy rock! I also named my rocks.

[@naturalstones4529]

Awesome!

[@DigginWithDeej]

The cracked looking rock is a Septarian Nodule (Lightning stone) the white cracks are calcite

[@buffalobrando1288]

Great video

[@susanparker8987]

I almost bought a tumbler today at Harbor Freight!

[@naturalstones4529]

Carful! Its an addictive hobby!

[@mmmiaclaire]

Cool! I just bought a tumbler online but everything I read said you can't tumble rocks less than 6 on MOHs scale... but that's clearly not true if you can do river rocks / sedimentary / sandstone as you did?? Most rocks I have are not gems and are not that hard (according to knife scratch test), that I just want to shine up a bit, so now I am more optimistic..

[@beatlessteve1010]

I think those rocks have iron content because of the rust colored spots and that avocado looking rock looks like a picture of galaxies in outer space

[@Probinsiya79]

Good job

[@saadwaqas3269]

I subscribe you because I love stones

[@cm1639]

Great video! Just subscribed :)

[@naturalstones4529]

Thanks! :)

[@andreinabosch520]

this is so wholesome :)))

[@naturalstones4529]

I'm glad you like it!

[@y3llowssportsedits778]

That’s amazing

[@naturalstones4529]

Thankyou!

[@kurtchen81]

Hi. I recently started drumming beach stones from the Baltic Sea. I'm curious how many ounces of grid you use for a 3lb drum in each step? Greetings from Germany

[@leighannpowers1672]

beautiful

[@geminirose55]

The black one with the quartz cracks looks like a lightning stone… maybe?

[@captainmorgandj8149]

So granite stones don’t need a coarse grit tumble? I just started my first tumble today with granite stones and I did use the coarse grit.

[@desireehead4176]

When you took the rocks out around 4:25 or so, was that after one tumble or was that multiple tumbles with different grit levels? I have a cheaper rock tumbler and you have to use like 4 different powders to get them polished like that. If it was just one tumble with one powder in it what did you use to get them polished like that in one go??? Great vid by the way! I love the black rock with cracks in it.

[@tarahenley9942]

Which beach did you go to? I live in Ajax and I got a bunch of stones for myself from the lake and I'm going to try tumbling them once my current batch is done!

[@naturalstones4529]

I got these in Oswego, NY. Good luck with your rocks!

[@tarahenley9942]

@@naturalstones4529 Oh wow! I assumed you were Canadian because... Lake Ontario... haha well, thank you!

[@naturalstones4529]

@@tarahenley9942 I can see why you might think that. I also have a slightly Canadian accent when I get excited. I can't help it.

[@christiestaats2143]

What’s a good tumbler to get when first starting out? I live on Lake Ontario and really want to get into hunting!

[@joshuafenton6213]

Hey I'm looking to buy a rock tumbler for a freind that loves collecting rocks any suggestions? Like what kind of tumbler for different applications ?

[@lobitterboy4130]

I also have a tumbler at home, but what is in those black cups where you put the stones in ? are those cups just round inside or are there also blades in them ?

[@d.b.sorensen827]

How do you like the calloway vibe tumbler im thinking about getting 1

[@innerg6164]

You should look into mud fossil university. 🙌🏽

[@spyro12011]

Good heavens, you are adorable.

[@UZI9MMAUTO]

HEY! My neighbor is State Police. He'd stopped over with another Officer. I'd started a Tag Sale selling my tumbled rocks. I set off the radiation detector in his cruiser. I remember opening an old safe with stuff inside. I then believe whatever I used for tumbling crap came contaminated from China. He used a device. Paid drastically more for rock's asking price. Asked if he could look around. He's been very nice etc. WHAT'S GOING ON?. What's radioactive in nature and in old mines, old factory runoffs??

[@heinzhubbuch9409]

WHAT DID YOU TUMBEL THEM IN JUST THE CERAMIC?

[@PartyCrewCoolPAD]

I absolutely love putting PYRITE AND FOOLS GOLD IN #rocktumbler

[@AdirondackBroker]

Can the ceramic work in a rock tumbler well also. I don't have a vibrating one, curious. Thans

[@naturalstones4529]

Yes! the more surfaces grinding on the rocks the better!

[@AdirondackBroker]

@@naturalstones4529 Thanks for your advise. Enjoyed your other videos also and looking forward to trying my hand at some home projects too.

[@naturalstones4529]

@@AdirondackBroker You are welcome!

[@rahazandifar5596]

Can a rock tumbler be borrowed?

[@MarryjoySamson-pj2ox]

Hi there what ricipe you use of gems stone

[@HAL-2023]

Can you use your Vibrotumbler for raw rubies?

[@eirikmurito]

What happens if you use beach sand instead of grit?

[@lisax119]

How loud is that tumbler?

[@ed98027]

Not sure but I think the black one is an onyx.

[@naturalstones4529]

Wow I think you are right! Thanks for the tip Edward! I can now name my favorite rock.

[@J3S3U3M3C3O]

1:45 Is Black Jasper.

[@dustin-jenniereid4246]

We’re do you order your grit Supplies?

[@naturalstones4529]

On amazon I order the Rock tumbler media kit of grit and ceramic material from a company names Polly Plastics. They offer a large amount of grit for reasonable prices.

[@LemonySnicket-EUC]

Go to The Rock Shed. Screw Amazon

[@meganhoward8820]

Hi there i love you stranger lol. I also love to stone pick on lake ontario i live on the lake lol. I have a ton i want to tumble i just don't have a machine aha so sad.

[@naturalstones4529]

Thanks! You can always go get one! or watch more of our videos lol

[@sahal8710]

Aww..🔥🔥

[@naturalstones4529]

Thanks for watching!

[@shortiilove212]

What are those little white pellets

[@LemonySnicket-EUC]

Ceramic

[@blade_swordT-T]

How are you not popular

[@inkspec2.022]

By lake Ontario You mean in new york?? Sorta near sea breeze

[@naturalstones4529]

Yep! There are plenty of spots to go rock hunting from there to Oswego, NY Just make sure you don't take rocks from State parks because that is illegal.

[@inkspec2.022]

@@naturalstones4529 did you go to the one in webster?

[@naturalstones4529]

@@inkspec2.022 I have never been there, In the past I have gone to the beach in southwest Oswego and along the coast as you drive west.

[@inkspec2.022]

@@naturalstones4529 ohhh I was curious cause near Webster there's a bunch of rocks near the water so I thought you might of went there to get the rocks

[@pedroalvarez9756]

warning this can take up to a full month depending on the tumbler. and what you are tumbling. personally i don't think these are even worth the shortest wait. with my tumbler its 22 days. for rocks like this.

[@edmijares1011]

Always run stage 1

[@TheCort1971]

sooooo I clicked on the link for the vibratory tumbler........ yeah. i dont want water balloons... pls fix the link

[@cliffsmash4063]

I like your video I make some tumbled rock keychains myself you’re welcome to check them out it’s just something I do for fun but I made a video it’s not as well edited as yours but I like what you do keep it up

[@betterthanever2287]

I looked up Dwayne Johnson before and after 😂😂😂

[@pompadours]

👍

[@teawtamarah]

Can u turn any rocks into crystals my silly ass thought you can get a rock Tumblr and turn any rocks into crystals 😂

[@sumadomi]

5:38 More like a Jupiter rock

[@miloflowers]

Lol i fuckin love rocks

[@Pixarification]

You look...stoned ;x

[@drewb.5419]

Galaxy rock. What are you some kinda noob?!? That clearly resembles the gasiest of giants. Therefore it’s name should fit its description . Thus it was name, Jupiter.

[@polishfarmer132]

stop biting your finger nails ....