Today, I finally removed my rocks from their respective barrels, where they had been tumbling in water/borax for almost five days Week 6 – Checking on tumbled rocks, Stage #1. I wasn’t in a hurry to remove them from the barrels. Since I was busy with other tasks, I let them stay in their barrels, knowing that when I was ready for them, I would remove them and move some of them onto Stage #2 and place the bul back into Stage #1.
These are the rocks ready for Stage #2. I had a lot more than this; however, my brother and nephew were visiting today, and my nephew loves rocks as much as I do. I told him to choose whatever rocks he wanted.
He chose the rocks in the above picture. He added a few rough rocks also! My nephew looks forward to seeing them finish tumbling since he wants to see how glossy they will become.
The rest of the rocks went back to Stage #1, and
I even added new rocks to Stage #1,
as shown in my 1.5-pound barrels.
I’m looking forward to that also, but I am in no rush when they’re done, they’re done. Based on the high sheen we already see with many rocks, only in Stage #1, I imagine they will be gorgeous.