Valentine's Day Tumble Bundle | Pre-Measured Grit Kit for 1 LB Barrel | Rock Tumbling

Our Valentine's Day Tumble Bundle provides pre-measured material and 1 lb of one of our themed rough rock mixes. We've included enough material to complete a polishing cycle for your own 1 LB rotary tumbler. Follow our step-by-step guide included inside to transform your raw stones into shiny and polished tumbled stones from start to finish!

Mix Type Options:

Meet-Cute Bouquet: Green Opal, Prehnite, Unakite

Gilded Sweets: Gold Tiger's Eye, Leopard Skin Jasper, Snowflake Obsidian

Ready to Mingle: Rainbow Moonstone, Rose Quartz, Sea Jasper

The kit includes:
• Stage 1: Coarse (80 Grit) Silicon Carbide x2
• Stage 2: Medium (220 Grit) Silicon Carbide
• Stage 3: Fine (600 Grit) of Silicon Carbide
• Stage 4: Polish (Aluminum Oxide at 1 - 3 micron size)
• Stage 5: Burnish (Borax)

• 4 oz of Ceramic Media
• Custom Cardboard Storage Box: 7"L x 4.5"W x 2" H
• Detailed Instruction Card with Tips and Advice

• 1 lb of your choice from one of our three themed mixes (Meet-Cute Bouquet, Gilded Sweets, Ready to Mingle)

Note* tumbling barrel is for reference only and not included in this bundle

More about rock tumbling:
The process of rock tumbling consists of four stages of finer and finer abrasive grit that slowly smooths down natural imperfections in the rocks until the surface exhibits a rounded, clean finish. The fifth stage is all about bringing out that mirror-like luster!

Note: Each stage is packed and measured by hand in individual bags for each stage.

Tumbling Stage 1: Silicon Carbide (Grit 80)
• The coarsest grit used in the first stage of the tumbling process rounds and shapes your rocks.

Tumbling Stage 2: Silicon Carbide (Grit 220)
• 220 Silicon Carbide is a finer grit that is used to remove the scratches left by the coarser 80 Silicon Carbide (from Stage 1).

Tumbling Stage 3: Silicon Carbide (Grit 600)
• 600 Silicon Carbide is an even finer abrasive than the 220 Silicon Carbide that is used to remove the microscopic scratches left from the prior stage.

Tumbling Stage 4: Micro Aluminum Oxide (1-3 micron size)
• Our Micro Aluminum Oxide Polish is used in the Tumbling Stage 4 to finally impart the mirror like shine upon your rocks.

Tumbling Stage 5: Burnishing (Cleaning)
• We recommend a "half day" cleaning cycle (about 7 hours) using Borax. This helps remove any leftover "film" from the Polishing Powder from Stage 4.