I want to tumbler little pieces of stained glass to use in mosaics. Looking at the lortone tumbler. Do i need beeds or grit to smooth the edges?
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I tumbler glass all the time in my tumbler using coarse grit only. I'll usually start a load before I go to bed and by the time I get up (7-8 hrs. later), my ordinary glass looks just like beautiful old sea glass. You could probably achieve the degree of weathering you want just by decreasing the time. Hope this helps!
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The surface is not glass smooth. It has a surface similar to when you mix sand in paint for texture.
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everything that I have used them on is pottery .it is not smooth on the bottom. they are porous . they are fine. I think they do very well. make sure you get the correct weight and size for you bowl.make sure they are wet enough, and you wait long enough for them to be firm. I have a large plate over my stove.it has been there for several months.i have used it on many pieces of pottery.
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The grinder should work. It is just spinning abrasive pads, the better question is whether these diamond abrasive pads will polish glass. That I am not sure about. I have polished glass pieces that were used to make concrete countertops with these pads though. Grinding only glass may react differently.
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I am not a master at tumbling, but I would think small pieces of glass (think small rock size) will work good. I would think you would need to run with the fine grit a little longer than normal.
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There is a rubber sanding drum attachment which is about -inch diameter on which you mount various grits of sandpaper. I guess you could smooth plastic with that. Both inside and outside curves, but will have to watch not to get the material too hot or it will melt and imbed in the sandpaper grit.
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Anything lower than 800 will probably take off a lot of material if you are prioritizing part tolerance. I used these to smooth out and polish handheld cast bronze pieces and they worked excellently. To get a very smooth and shiny finish, you'll need to go up to 1500-3000 grit and possibly use a polishing compound or jeweler's rouge to get a mirror finish.
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The inside surface isn't like sandpaper nor is it rough. But, it also isn't like glass. When you fell the inside you can fell the texture/grain. If there is such a thing as grain in granite.
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We sell a Bostik Diamond premixed that looks fantastic with this mosaic. Its a flexible sealed grout. It is a recommendation by us. Hope you find something you like. Good luck!!!
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rotating tumblers. Check the infor that came with the vibrating tumbler, oftern these tumblers are for much "softer" material...brass and such, then you would use nut shell media
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I purchased these for my husband and asked him. He said that the grit is fine and extra fine. There is no coarse grit to handle major jobs. You might start with a flat file and then use the stone.
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Swirl is inside the glass. You will be pleased with the craftsmanship. They aren't smooth. More like textured. They have juice glasses as well and desert plates and dinner plates which I will be ordering soon. Excellent Italian look and feel.
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hmm.. not sure as I don't use it for rhinestones, however there are basic shapes in the cutting software you can use and make whatever size you want. I use one of the shapes to cut out a template for glassware. I have the shape and then import my graphic and place inside the template so I know exactly where it's going to be placed on the glass. This ensures that I am consistent with my graphics on glasses. Hope that helps a bit Julius. US Cutter's site has a ton of helpful info and videos too. You may be able to find what you need on their site or email them directly. It's a great cutter for the price and the cutting software is great once you learn how to use it :)
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You probably will only be able to put 5 or 6 rocks at a time into this tumbler. There are 4 polish powders, and each takes at least 7 days. Course grit, fine grit, pre polish powder, and polish powder. I would suggest you use the course grit for more than 7 days if these are very rough. I only polish agates, and they are not rough at all. you're looking at about 28-30 days for shiny. The one thing I found about the last step with the polishing powder is it sticks in cracks. Be wary of that, then use a toothbrush to scrub out as much as you can. Rock polishing is not quick.
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As this tumbler is very underpowered, trying to tumble coins or any flat objects would probably be very frustrating as the objects (coins) would just lay flat on the bottom of the tumbler which would allow only the top half to be polished. However if one were determined to use this tumbler, I would use ground walnut shells and a LOT of tumbling time. You would probably also have to manually turn the coins over half way through in order to polish both sides.
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It's for use after the yellow stone. I use the yellow to fine edge my knifes, then a single direction pass with the Saphire to make a mirror polish. It took a few sharpening sessions to get it right but once I got the method down, my knifes look beautiful. As for the grit, it around a 2000 grit ceramic
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I agree with the other answer, that the product could do very well on your mosaic table. Do mix -- and mix some more -- before pouring the glaze. It is self-leveling, and the only problem you might have is run-off at the edges if there are little "grout valleys". The heat gun sounds like a good idea.