[Jewelry making - Article 01231] - Re: [Orchid] Dying after tumble polishing?

[Evan Soldinger/Linda Kaye-Moses]

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    I've been using the same standard steel shot in a rotary tumbler,
    variety of sizes and shapes, for over twenty years. I use a weak
    solution of Borax (from the supermarket, very cheap) and water. I
    have never removed my shot from the tumbler between the times I use
    it. I leave it in the tumbler in the Borax solution. This keep
    oxygen out and prevents the shot from rusting. I'm lazy! I don't
    like the idea of drying the shot and have never done so and have
    NEVER HAD MY SHOT RUST. Yay, hooray, less work for me! Every so
    often  I  wash the shot and make fresh solution (when it looks dark
    or murky). Once a year I wash the shot and run the tumbler for a few
    hours with water and a little Ivory soap flakes or powder, just to
    brighten up the shot again. Then I rinse the shot and the tumbler
    and store the shot in the tumbler again  in fresh Borax solution.
    Voila. . .no need to spend the money on stainless steel shot. . .no
    need to dry the shot each time you have used it. 

Linda 

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