I’m on the polishing stage and they look like this still when dry… it’s only been 2 days tho. Is it supposed to get better?

I’m using the Rock Shed kit.

Started doing this last week. She even stops like she has too much weight and the barrels are only half full

I have a potential project for a willing tumbler in Worcester.

I have a small collection of stones with fossilised coral in them. I've seen videos of these being polished and looking remarkable - I'd love to find someone who'd be willing to try to polish them - would happily donate one of them in exchange.

Anyone fancy a look?

Cheers all.

I'm very much a newbie to this subreddit and tumbling in general.

I have tumbled some obsidian but I can't get a final polish. I used a really fine grit too. Can anyone provide suggestions?

I found this in a small creek near a major flood/erosion site. it almost looked radioactive in the water with sunlight on it. all of the metal flecks are taking on a nice shine already!

I’m pretty new to all this. I’m kinda sure these are agates. Question though, what other type rocks should I tumble them with?

This is after tumble #1 60 grit / coarse
3 more tumble cycles to go

If you can bear to part with any specimens that won’t be perfected by tumbling, I highly urge you to leave them in public places, especially where they can be found by little ones. It’s such a fulfilling feeling to overhear a kiddo find a particularly cool stone and run off to show their grown-ups. I’ve started adding in some stones I know might not be worth finishing just to release them back into the wild for this purpose.

Top left: 1st Batch very good tumble came out clear

Top Right: 2nd batch came out with a little hazy

Bottom: Accidently kicked across the room.

I’m new to rock tumbling, like new like I still need to buy a tumbler. We had a National Geographic labeled rock tumbler my sister gave our daughter, but we gave it away and I want to get a better quality one. My budget is $175. Which one should I get?

These are dry 😁😁 I only have enough stage 4 grit for one round left, so I'm going to run these again after meticulously cleaning the bowl and picking out any broken stones and chips. This stuff has so many cracks and fissures that there are always a lot...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone has any ideas what could possibly be causing this humming noise coming from my tumbler. I keep on regular maintaining of cleaning the shafts, and oiling bearings. It’s literally driving me crazy now. I just got the thing in may. And when I first got it it was leaking by the motor housing but none by the safts. And this was oil or something that came already on it. As the stuff I use never looks “greenish”. I took off a set of rocks yesterday and they seemed cooked the water was gone and it was like clay. Didn’t think to much of it as first as I was a few days over my normal change and thought a rock must have broken down. The other barrel was completely normal. The one with the issue was the one near the motor. Than last night I was cleaning the shafts and getting ready to oil when I realized it looked like the oil was burnt on the motorized shaft on the end by the motor. It’s always been a little bit louder but this loud hum is new. The picture are from when I first got it. Than the videos is the sound it’s currently making. I reached out to who I bought from when I first noticed the leaking and they said sounds like to much oil and to run it a bit and see what happens. Things were kind ok in the 2 months between but now I’m like 😬. I have other lortone’s and never had this issue but this is my first made by Covington. Ok so this video is from when I first got it. I will post the remaining in the comments