Plastic Pellets
Plastic pellets are often used in tumbling to cushion delicate stones and keep them from chipping. A good example would be amethyst points or Apache tears. Plastic pellets can be used many times; just be sure to use a different batch of pellets with different sizes of grit. If residue of one grit is left on the pellets and they are used with another sized grit, you could contaminate the tumble.
To separate and save the pellets for another use, empty the tumbler into a bucket of water - the pellets will float to the top. Place into a strainer, rinse, and when dry, store for the next use. Don't forget to mark the bag with the size of grit they ran with!
These pellets are white to clear and usually round and flat.
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| RED PLASTIC PELLETS
These pellets are red and resemble a grain of rice. They may be used in the same way as the pellets above.
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| Red Rouge / Walnut Shell
BRASS POLISH
Super hard, ground, Black Walnut shell and red rouge. Perfect for cleaning and polishing brass shell casings, jewelry, or any brass parts that can fit in a tumbler barrel.
Add walnut shell to the tumbler with a small amount of red rouge. Run for a few minutes until shell is rouge coated. You won't need very much - 1/2 tsp at a time! Add your brass parts and run until clean and shiny.
This is re-usable for as long as it isn't too cruddy - you will be able to make that determination.
A vibratory tumbler is the usual tool but a rotary will also work. It'll just take a little longer.
Our packages come in 2 oz rouge with 2.5 lbs walnut shell or 4 oz rouge with 5 lbs walnut shell.
(Photo shows only a 1 lb bag of shell)
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| Plain Walnut Shell
High Quality
Ground, Black Walnut Shell
Walnut shell's lack of grit allows it to clean metals, alloys and plastics without scratching or pitting the surface. Walnut shells can remove paint, lacquer, rust, scale, carbon and chemical deposits, and can be used for the deflashing of molded plastic parts. Walnut Shells measure between 3 and 4 on the MOHS scale. To also polish brass, see packages with rouge above.
1 lb, 2.5 lb, 5 lb bags
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RED ROUGE
Use for BRASS, GLASS, or OBSIDIAN for a gorgeous finish. Powdered. Much easier to work with than rouge sticks other people sell.
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520 piece jigsaw puzzle. Finished size measures 14 7/8" x 20 3/4" -
Turitela and Blue Forest wood from Wyoming, Dryhead Agate from Montana, Flower Garden Agate from Walker Ranch in Texas, Jaspers from Oregon, Crazy Lace agate from Mexico, many more!
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| THIS IS HAT "A" |
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| THIS IS HAT "B" |
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| THIS IS HAT "C" |
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| THIS IS HAT "D" |
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The above four hats are great rockhounding hats. They'd be great fishing hats, too. Hats A, B, and C all have a 4" bill. The underside of the bill is dark green, to cut down on reflection from the ground or water. They all have two eyelets on each side of the cap to allow air movement and also have a skirt that extends from one side of the bill around the back to the other side of the bill to cover your ears and the back of your neck. The hats are adjustable by a stretchy string that is secured by a ball clip. All three hats also have a clip to attach to your collar so if the hat flies off it doesn't go any farther than the length of the string. Hats A and B are 100$ polyester and made of a lightweight, fast drying fabric. Hat C is 100% cotton and made of a sturdy cotton duck. Hat D is 100% polyester with camo netting on each side of the cap, a dark green underside of the bill, and a 3 7/8" skirt around the back to cover your neck. Hat D is adjusted by a nylon webbing / buckle. It is secured by a string that is adjusted with a leather lock
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This is for the ivory hat with ivory bill, Hat A
| This is for hat B, beige hat with ivory bill
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This is for hat C, tan hat with blue bill
| This is for Hat D, tan hat with camo netting
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