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[zipedit] ONLY AVAILAVBLE AT STONE ART STUDIO! Additional kits ship for $3! This polishes 15 POUNDS OF ROCK In A Rotary TUMBLER, plastic pellets included! Designed for a 1 gallon or 12 to 15 pound tumbler. If you use a 3 pound tumbler this package is enough for 4 or 5 loads. Contains: coarse (graded 60/90) 16 ounces medium (graded 120/220) 14 ounces fine (graded 500F) silicon carbide 12 ounces top quality tumbling polish (CPP POLISH Alumina base) 10 ounces Reusable Plastic pellets for polish step 8 ounces Use this kit for excellent results on a wide range of stones, from soft to hard. Packaged exclusively by Stone Art Studio in neat plastic commercial jars with a closeable screw on lid - not cheap plastic bags! Why is this important? Because if your grit gets mixed or contaminated it is useless. We have a state of the art facility for packaging grits and polish. We don't work from home and put this in cheap baggies. We use commercial equipment, commercial packaging material and run a full retail store exclusively dedicated to rockhounds, jewelry professionals, hobbyists and industry. Deb Herman is a guest lecturer at College of The Redwoods teaching rock collecting and polishing techniques. Some of our recent customers have included a Texas High School, University in Idaho, Concrete Material Company in Pennsylvania , Several Professional Jewelers, and a Federal test laboratory. This is our day job! Buy from us with confidence. You can refill these with the individual grits and polish I sell online to save money! Instructions are always included. POLISHING INFO Use entire package for a 12 to 15 pound barrel. Rule of thumb for 3 pound barrel : Steps 1 COARSE - 4 ounces Step 2 MEDIUM - 3.5 ounces Steps 3 FINE - 3 ounces Step 4 POLISH - 2.5 ounces Add plastic pellets to polish step to cushion rocks! Burnishing is done after the polish step. Use (2 ounces) of powdered soap, Ivory Snow, TIDE, or equivalent. DO NOT use liquid detergents. HELPFUL HINTS!!!! The quality of the material that you are tumbling will make a difference in the outcome. Garbage In, Garbage Out. You will have much more success if you have nice colored stones to start with. Stones that are full of holes and cracks are much harder to clean between grit changes. Cleaning between grits is probably the most time consuming part of tumbling rocks. However it is one of the most important things to do properly. You must clean all of the grit off of each stone and out of the barrel before proceeding to the next finer grit. If you don't you will prolong the time it takes to tumble. The little piece of grit you miss will keep on working -- scratching until it eventually breaks down to a smaller and smaller size. Do not clean out your tumbler in the sink. Washing the slurry down your drains will lead to clogged drains. I use a spaghetti strainer and a trash can, after everything drains into the trash can I let the water evaporate and then throw whats left into the garbage. Be sure to inspect each rock and you will usually find some that have a little slurry that didn't wash off. Scrub these with the toothbrush to loosen grit and rinse. When you are through, then clean the barrel. Be sure to thoroughly scrub the barrel for the next grit size. It's alot of work , but I don't know of any easy way to do this part of the job. The types of rock in a batch can cause problems that won't show up until you try to polish. These may be due to different hardnesses. It's a good idea to separate stones by hardness before you begin. This can be done with a simple scratch test. Scratch the different types of stones against one another, if one stone really scratched another they should not be in the same batch. The Covington Double tumbler is a very nice machine as you can run two batches of different hardnesses at the same time. See our ebay store - Always in stock - We have a grit kit for you: 15 POUND ROCK TUMBLER POLISH AND GRIT KIT with pellets $19.95 15 POUND ROCK TUMBLER POLISH AND GRIT KIT $18.45 BULK TUMBLER POLISH AND GRIT KIT 48 to 60 lbs rock $54.95 ROCK TUMBLER POLISH GRIT & PELLETS KIT w/ refills $36.95 4.5 pounds ROCK TUMBLER POLISH GRIT & PELLETS KIT $17.45 Be sure to check out our other items! WELCOME to Deb Herman’s STONE ART STUDIO THE ROCK SHOP Crescent City, California 95531 (707) 218-5415 Tuesday through Saturday 10:30am to 5:00pm closed Sunday and Monday Rocks, Minerals, Metaphysical items, Crystals, Fossils, Lapidary equipment and more. Our ebay store prices are wholesale to all ebay members. Our ebay auctions start as low as $1.99 giving everyone the opportunity for a fantastic bargain. There are NEVER any handling charges. Stone Art Studio offers quality and honesty. No hidden fees or costs. I have purchased three estates. An old Oregon Rock Shop, an Oregon Rockhound estate and a Nevada Jeweler estate. Three lifetime collections and over 7 tons of material being offered on ebay. Auction Terms and Conditions: 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE : If you are not satisfied for any reason a request for a return must be done within 7 days of delivery of the item. You must then ship the item back to me. I will refund the exact amount you paid. No refunds can be given until I have received the item back. Even return shipping is refundable (this excludes Covington Equipment which has a guarantee provided by the factory). By buying or bidding on items you are accepting the terms and conditions listed on this page. Any purchase shipped to the state of California shall pay 7.25% California Sales tax. No exceptions. If a legal dispute arises the buyer's remedy shall be limited to a refund of payments made to the seller by the buyer. The county of Del Norte in California shall be the jurisdiction for any legal dispute arising from this auction or "buy it now" purchase. Covington Lapidary Equipment. Make something amazing. Check back often - we have a constantly changing inventory. New items are posted daily! I will combine shipping if you win multiple bids. Email me for a combined shipping invoice. The multiple auction shipping discount applies to auctions won within 7 days of one another that ship together. Please do not pay until you request and receive a combined shipping invoice. I use the USPS flat rate box whenever possible for combined purchases. Please remember payment must be received within 10 days of auction close or purchase with "BUY IT NOW". Once your item arrives in satisfactory condition, please leave positive feedback for stoneartstudio. I will do the same for you. If you have any difficulties or concerns please contact me before leaving feedback so we may work together to resolve any problems. THANKS FOR VISITING STONE ART STUDIO! Powered by eBay Turbo Lister
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