Are the crystals you have that chip easily also Swarovski?
You know, one caution about tumbling that I didn't think of before, pertains
to ABs. The finishes applied to crystals are just a thin coating. I think
those would be easily damaged by tumbling.
Tina
"vj" wrote in message
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson"
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]My only question is whether a rotory tumbler would be any harder
]on it than a vibrating tumbler was.
ah - okay, in one of the other groups where they were discussing
tumblers, they said that "vibrating tumblers work for polishing, but
not for work-hardening".
personally, i would probably put crystal in a vibrating tumbler, but
probably not chance it in a rotary.
lead would make the crystal harder, but i thought that also made it
brittle. and admittedly, i'm thinking of the crystal i have [ovals
and snowflakes] that chip VERY easily, just trying to wire wrap them!
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