[Jewelry making - Article 00629] - Re: [Orchid] Tumbling with porcelain media

[Stephen Walker]

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Hello Rebecca,

    Use the same burnishing compound (soap) that you would for steel
    shot. A good tip that I wish someone had told me when I first started
    using porcellain is that it works best after it is broken in. You
    should put some scrap pieces of silver in with the media, water and
    compound and then let it run non-stop for a week. Change the solution
    a couple times. Plastic media also should run for a while when it is
    new before you actually use it to polish your work. New plastic breaks
    in overnight. 

Stephen Walker

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