Endless Uses for Your Rock Polisher
As their name suggests, Rock Polisher and Rock Tumbler machines’ primary function is to take your rough precious or semi-precious stones (or even beach pebbles!) and do in a (relatively) short space of time what the ocean takes thousands of years to do.
The end result of this rock polishing process can leave you with beautifully finished stones for you collection or even the centerpiece of a piece of fine jewelry.
As if that’s not enough, there are countless different uses for that Rock Polisher.
Recently I’ve come across all sorts of fascinating things people around the world are using their tumbler for.
The guides on the Polymer Clay Tutorials uses a Lortone Rock Tumbler for Polishing Polymer Clay Jewelry Beads, which form the basis for beautiful works of art. What I found particularly fascinating was that the Lortone Rock Tumbler she uses belonged to her husband from when he was a child, back in the 70’s and is still in great condition!
Blue Crockatt, a professional silversmithing artist uses his for cleaning his silver pieces and says the level of cleaning they deliver is “Unbeatable”
Rock Polishers are even employed by the treasure hunting/metal detecting community to clean the coins they find to a shine and restore them to their former glory!
I loved hearing about all the wonderful uses people have found for their Rock Polisher.
Get inspired and read Blue and Cindy’s full stories here:
Blue Crockatt’s article on cleaning Sterling Silver Jewelry can be found here
Cindy Lietz’s Blog post on her Lortone Rock Polisher endeavours is available here
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