[Jewelry making - Article 01287] - [Orchid] Another tumbling medium question

[Bryan Johnson]

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    I have a small drum tumbler in which I tumble predominantly
    sterling, but also some gold too. I have used steel shot but found
    that it covered my work in tiny dents. I have recently dried dri
    shine (a dry tumbling corn cob and rouge mixture) but found that it
    takes days to produce any sort of effect, and even that is a very
    foggy shine. 

    I have been thinking that since I work predominantly with silver
    that perhaps silver would also make the best tumbling medium. What I
    am thinking is that it will be neither too hard nor too soft, nor
    will it discolour the metal. Am I right so far? Also, I have a
    virtually endless source of tembling medium in the form of scrap.
    What I am currently trying to figure out is should I form the scrap
    into beads with a torch, or will it work well just cutting it up bits
    and pieces of sheet and wire, then dumping them into the tumbler?
    When I was using steel shot, I preferred to have about 1/3 pins as
    they get into those hard to reach places. Is it correct to assume
    cut up scrap silver wire will do the same thing? Has anyone tried
    this approach to tumbling media, and if so what were your results?
    Thanks in advance for your time and knowledge. 

Cheers,
B


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