For those of us who work with wire, the rock tumbler is our best friend. If you're not using one, you must try it. The results are amazing! I recently bought one from Harbor Freight and finally decided to try it. It went against all reasoning that items made with gold or silver could actually get shinier when tumbled with stainless steel shot, some water, and a dash of Dawn dishsoap. I thought for sure the piece would be ruined and scratched beyond recognition.
I got everything ready. Added my shot and then my pendant and some more shot. Added water and some Dawn, closed 'er up and got her spinning on the tumbler. After patiently waiting for an hour and a half, I ripped off the lid to see what I had. Much to my amazement, the 14k goldfilled wire pendant I had put in was as shiny and beautiful as could be! Looked so professional. I realized that the cleaning I had been giving my pieces was nothing compared to this.
PITFALLS OF USING THE ROCK TUMBLER
Well, really it's not the tumbler itself, but the stainless steel shot that must be used. You have to drain it, paw through it to get your goods, and then rinse everything off. Now this is not difficult in the least. The problem comes if you're doing this anywhere near the garbage disposer! Holy cow, one little piece can wreak havoc, which happened to me.
I got up this morning to hear my hubby saying (?) that it sounded like there was a piece of metal in the disposer. ummm, wonder where that came from? I knew immediately and fessed up. As if he didn't know. Long story short, we had to take the disposer off its mount, unhook everything, and shake it loose. Fortunately, this worked, but there was a lot of stress going into getting this piece of machinery off its mount. So work in the other sink away from that disposer, duh!
Here's the link to the rock tumbler I use. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=46376
I got the stainless steel shot from Rio Grande. It's very nice.
Next time I'll talk about my experience oxidizing silver with boiled eggs. The organic way.
Oh, yeah!
Thanks for visiting, and please leave me a post.
Carpe Diem
Jules
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Hm, I would say that if you work in or near the sink, the most important thing you can have is some sort of screen or cloth over the drain. Every time I have to rinse something off that is tiny and necessary, I place a washcloth down over the drain, or use a mesh stopper. It lets the water pass, but keeps my piece out of the pipes if I drop it.
Yes, I learned my lesson well, just like the song! Now I rinse on the other side of the sink and make sure I put the stopper in the other side. Like you said about the mesh stopper though, I think that would be better.
Thanks for your comments!
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