I didn’t even open my rock tumbler last week. The last time I opened my lortone rock tumblers was week #7. Yes, I skipped by week #8. I thought about taking the rocks out but said… I’ll wait. Late this afternoon, I finally got around to opening my three barrels.
This is my six-pound barrel containing agates, tiger eye, and obsidian. I rinsed the rocks thoroughly and placed them back into the barrel with water, where they’ll tumble for about a day. I didn’t even add my teaspoon of borax. I will most likely add that tomorrow. As I rinsed the rocks today, I noticed several appear ready to move on to stage #2, and I could have already started stage #2.
The majority of the rocks have been tumbling for nine weeks. However, the rose quartz rocks are new. This is their second week of being tumbled.