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    stopple finger marks on base of finished bottle.

    Is there a tip or trick for dealing with the stopple marks left on the bottle base after a tumble? The marks I'm talking about is where the glass was sheltered by the fingers during the tumble so that the glass did not get polished. Example is this flask I just finished tumbling. You can see...
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    Average tumble time with 1500?

    Hi; I'm just starting into tumbling with a proper 2 speed tumbler setup and was wondering what the average number of days you all tumble an average condition 1880s hutch bottle if using 1500 grit? I'm running the bottle on the lower speed normally meant for the square bottles since I have a...
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    Does anyone post tumble?

    Hi; I am a former rock tumbler hobbyist that is now transitioning to doing my bottles; I have seen the light. When I tumbled stones, apache tears, glass shards I was taught to run the final batch in a 12 hour tumble with plastic bead, a teaspoon of Borax and water to rid the batch of...
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    Tumbling grit recipe?

    Hi; I have searched around and have not found much info on what number grit AO is used or how long the tumble is when tumbling/turning bottles. Is this some sort of guarded info much like BBQ sauce recipes? Watching a youtube "how to" it only covered the basics and it appeared that polish...

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