Beach Stone.
By Hollyeves
- 30 Mar, 2010
- 13 likes
found this pretty stone on the beach....it reminds me of a peacock feather............
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I agree with Terratoonie
30 Mar, 2010
Very pretty. Years ago I used to tumble stones I found on the beach. It would work beautifully on this one :)
30 Mar, 2010
Very pretty, my son has a tumbling machine and the end results ares beautiful!
30 Mar, 2010
Wow this is a real treasure gem
30 Mar, 2010
Thanks everyone...... what does Tumbling mean gee19..... is it a sort of polish....
31 Mar, 2010
Agree its very pretty.
31 Mar, 2010
It's a small machine (electric) in which you can put small stones/pebbles and they tumble with some sort of abrasive material (if I remember rightly!) and it makes them smooth and glossy. Then they can be used for decoration :)
PP may know more about than me - it is over 20 years since I last had the tumbler.
31 Mar, 2010
what a good idea...never heard of it before.......
31 Mar, 2010
I've just checked the equipment out on Ebay, Holly, much more expensive than I remember :(
31 Mar, 2010
They are expensive and you need to leave it running for around a week to get results, glad its not my electric bill Lol
31 Mar, 2010
Thanks Gee19..... will have to have a look it sounds intersting..... thats a long time pp...... do you have to have it on all the time then.....
1 Apr, 2010
I used to have mine in the garage, Holly, as it is rather noisy! If I remember correctly you use coarse abrasive material for the first few days and then a finer grade until you get the finish you want. The longer it runs the smoother the finish :)
1 Apr, 2010
Holly my son used to have it running all the time, its a good job it was in the garden shed it is like Gee says very noisy!
1 Apr, 2010
looked it up on ebay.... expensive machine.. but its interesting as ive never heard of them before... Thanks gee19, pansypotter, for all your imfo....
2 Apr, 2010
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Pretty markings and colours :o)
30 Mar, 2010