Common Bottle...Uncommon Color...

[Staunton Dan]

I dug this the other day and after 4 days in the tumbler, this is what showed up. The photo doesn't do it justice but it is a light olive amber as best as I can describe it. This is my kind of bottle, pretty and inexpensive. It fits well in my humble collection.

 

[Staunton Dan]

Here's another bottle just out of the tumbler. It's a tall strap sided flask with lots of what I would call tiny champaigne seed bubbles throughout. It's a real pretty bottle and a keeper to be sure.

 

[sandman]

That is very nice. I think the photo looks really good as well.

 

[bottlediger]

Looking good Dan, looookin good


Digger Ry

 

[Staunton Dan]

ORIGINAL: bottlediger

Looking good Dan, looookin good


Digger Ry

Thanks Ry. I have taken your advise and am using the 1500 almost exclusively now. It does a great job and I like the 1-step process that cleans and polishes all at one time. Now I just leave the bottle in for 3 to 4 days and the results are quite good. Amber of course is the easiest to clean but the aquas get pretty clean as well. I will stick with the 1500 until I get a little better at this thing called tumbling.

 

[bottlediger]

You used 1500 on that flask and left it in for 3-4 days on slow and it came out like that?

Digger Ry

 

[Staunton Dan]

Yep, both bottles were put in at the same time and tumbled for 3-1/2 days using 1500 grit. I only have one speed and put the round Wyeth and the flask on at the same time. I didn't check exactly but it was probably tumbling at 75-80 RPMs. The Wyeth had a potstone in it too but it never got any bigger. There is some radiating but no major cracking. I guess I was lucky but I just wanted to see what would happen.

 

[bottlediger]

Nice dude, thats pretty good results for 3.5 days. As for your speed, your really gona have to watch it on None round bottles. I tumble my rounds fast at 70 RMP and my other shapes/pontils at 30 RPM max. I would def suggest you do not tumble any pontil bottles at that speed unless IP sodas. That flask you did was a pretty beefy bottle but at that speed it can get knocked out of the base stopple and also the copper kinda flys across the bottle instead of creating a nice slide motion which gets all sides corners of odd none round shape bottles. If a bottle gets knocked out of the base stopple and you do not catch it right away, it will cause a bottle to slam against the canister and most likly break. Again great job Dan!

Digger Ry

 

[GuntherHess]

Nice strapside Dan. Not the typical lip.

I have see a few bottles that came loose during tumbling with cutter and almost had the base wore off the bottle. A sad event for a rare bottle.

 

[Staunton Dan]

I realize that I am doing things that probably shouldn't be done. I checked the RPMs and it is tumbling at 70. I didn't consider either of these 2 bottles rare by any means and that is why I took a chance and tumbled them at the higher speed. I have never tried to tumble a pontiled bottle yet and realize that I would have to slow it down considerably. Still practicing but am pleased with some of the results. Thanks for all of your help. I really appreciate your advise and will pay much closer attention once I get a rarer bottle to tumble.