dasadeephole
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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 any film. I have seen a youtube where one fellow opts to run a final bottle tumble with copper and a teaspoon of BKF. I have been doing bottle interiors for a few weeks now but do have a tumbler in route to do full and proper tumbling for exteriors.
Having read back a few years archive in this forum has given me a pretty good insight into 1200, 1500, and AO as the pretty much mainstay grits with some choosing to chase away any darkening with lime away brushing.
Anyone here opt to do a "rinse" tumble and if so do you use BKF, borax, or is that not really necessary? Also will BKF or Borax have any adverse effects on my copper media?
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 any film. I have seen a youtube where one fellow opts to run a final bottle tumble with copper and a teaspoon of BKF. I have been doing bottle interiors for a few weeks now but do have a tumbler in route to do full and proper tumbling for exteriors.
Having read back a few years archive in this forum has given me a pretty good insight into 1200, 1500, and AO as the pretty much mainstay grits with some choosing to chase away any darkening with lime away brushing.
Anyone here opt to do a "rinse" tumble and if so do you use BKF, borax, or is that not really necessary? Also will BKF or Borax have any adverse effects on my copper media?