Trail Guide
TUMBLING & LAPIDARY
Rough rock in, polished stone out, if you run the right grit sequence for the right number of days. Rotary versus vibratory, coarse through polish, and the failure modes that turn a barrel of agate into a barrel of mud. Lapidary work rewards patience and punishes shortcuts, and we cover both.
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ROCK TUMBLING FOR BEGINNERS: THE FOUR STAGES OF GRIT, EXPLAINED
The four rock tumbling grit stages explained in order, what each one does, and why skipping one ruins the batch.
Read the noteWHY YOUR TUMBLED ROCKS LOOK CLOUDY: THE SIX USUAL SUSPECTS
Cloudy tumbled stones trace to one of six fixable causes: grit carryover, under-polishing, mixed hardness, or spent polish.
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