{"id":1070,"date":"2012-02-01T21:01:17","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T05:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2012-02-01T21:03:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T05:03:01","slug":"rock-polishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/?p=1070","title":{"rendered":"Rock Polishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the Christmas Holiday, I was kindly given a small rock tumbler. Since it came with some polishing grit, and a bag of rocks to try it out on, I thought I would do exactly that. Unfortunately, I forgot to get a picture of the rocks before the process, but they were pretty dull, rough, not terribly pretty rocks. Here&#8217;s some photos of the tumbler, and the rocks at various levels of polishing.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1070 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2125.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2125-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2125-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2125-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2125-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1075'>\n\t\t\t\tPolish Grit Complete\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2081.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2081-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2081-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2081-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2081-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1074'>\n\t\t\t\tPre-Polish Grit Complete\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2066.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2066-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2066-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2066-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2066-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1073'>\n\t\t\t\tFine Grit Complete\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2040.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2040-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2040-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2040-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2040-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1072'>\n\t\t\t\tCoarse Grit Complete\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2028.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2028-150x112.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2028-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2028-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalnigel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_2028-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1071'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Tumbler\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Yes, the gal &#8217;round here was very happy that I used her\u00a0colander\u00a0to wash my rocks in. Also, the whole process took about a month from start to finish, so it&#8217;s not a terribly quick process either.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, now I need to find some more rocks to purdy up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the Christmas Holiday, I was kindly given a small rock tumbler. Since it came with some polishing grit, and a bag of rocks to try it out on, I thought I would do exactly that. 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