[Jewelry making - Article 00143] - Re: [Orchid] Tumbling - barrels and Media

[Judy Hoch]

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    To answer the Skippy jar question -- Rotary tumblers need to have
    flat sides to work.  Last time I checked, Skippy jars are round.
    What ever you put inside will just slide and do little if any work. 

    For final finishing, I'd spend $60 and get a cheap vibratory
    cartridge cleaning tumbler - Lyman type.  It's much faster with dry
    media and you won't be messing up your rotary one.  Call your local
    gunsmith or reloading supply store. 

    As to what happened, the dry media has a wax carrier which coated the
    inside of your tumbler. The liquid used for steel has cleaners which
    carefully removed some of the wax and detrius from the previous run.
    It needed someplace to go and deposited on your silver. The coke
    cleaner was exactly the right solution. 

Judy Hoch, GG

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