[Jewelry making - Article 00701] - Re: [Orchid] Matte Mass finishing revisited

[Judy Hoch]

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    Carrie - a flow thru system is usually done with a limited water
    source - mine is 5 gallons. The solution goes thru the tumbler and
    out the bottom to the original 5 gallon bucket. An aquarium pump is
    located above the bottom of the bucket to avoid recycling the junk
    that was washed out of the tumbler. My pump support is made of some
    perforated plastic held together with electrical ties. Most of the
    medium to medium fine media will give you a nice matt finish. You
    can run a closed system with water in the media, but you run the risk
    of having the liquid get gunked up and fowling up your jewelry. The
    alternative is to stop the tumbler every couple of hours, drain the
    liquid, refill it, and run some more. IMHO it's a whole lot easier
    to recycle the rinse water with a flow-thru system. 

    And by the way - you never put the rinse water down the sink - it
    will clog your plumbing in a very short time.

    And to answer your question about the tumbler on the Dillon site,
    that is for dry finishing cartridges. Without major modification, it
    will not run a flow thru system. Running abrasive media dry is not a
    good idea - where does the stuff you abrade going? 

Judy Hoch

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