{"id":3890,"date":"2009-04-30T03:05:48","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T10:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=3890"},"modified":"2020-08-23T21:19:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T04:19:25","slug":"polymer-clay-tutorial-polished-beads-lortone-rock-tumbler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-polished-beads-lortone-rock-tumbler\/3890\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Clay Tutorial | Polished Beads | Lortone Rock Tumbler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2009-04\/30-rock-tumbler-90104.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Bead and Rock Tumbler\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Vid #104: How To Get Your Beads To Shine with Less Effort and Less Sanding:<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you have a pile of beads just waiting to be sanded because you keep on putting off this tedious chore, then this weeks video [Vol-011-4] in the Polymer<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Clay Tutor Video Library, is<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> for you!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">We all know that sanding polymer clay beads makes for a more polished (pardon the pun) and professional look. But sometimes it can be a really big chore, especially if you are trying to sand small beads&#8230; or large batches of beads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This is where a power tool such as a Lortone Rock Tumbler, can really come in handy. Although a rock polisher won&#8217;t completely remove the need for sanding your beads, it will significantly reduce the amount of labor required for sanding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Up until recently, I was not quite satisfied with the results I was getting with my rock tumbler. But after doing some more experimentation, inspired by input from readers here at the blog [See comments section at this post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/using-a-rock-polisher-to-get-shiny-polymer-clay-beads-and-pendants\/690\/\">Using A Rock Polisher To Get Shiny Polymer Clay Beads<\/a>], I am now pleased to have a tutorial video ready for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the video will be available in the members library tomorrow (Friday, May 1, 2009). But further down on this page is a little <a href=\"#video\">sneak peak clip<\/a> for you to watch right now if you like.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/preview-clip-headline-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Click Video Play Button\" width=\"358\" height=\"58\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/a><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--Video player code starts here--><\/p>\n<div><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"512\" height=\"409\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"u=ybc&amp;o=ybc&amp;i=http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/vid\/101\/90104.jpg&amp;b=3&amp;f=http:\/\/bead-001.s3.amazonaws.com\/90104-p.flv&amp;d=ybc&amp;a=ybc&amp;v=100&amp;t=xbc&amp;w=512&amp;h=409\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/vid\/101\/90104-p.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"512\" height=\"409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/vid\/101\/90104-p.swf\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" flashvars=\"u=ybc&amp;o=ybc&amp;i=http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/vid\/101\/90104.jpg&amp;b=3&amp;f=http:\/\/bead-001.s3.amazonaws.com\/90104-p.flv&amp;d=ybc&amp;a=ybc&amp;v=100&amp;t=xbc&amp;w=512&amp;h=409\" align=\"middle\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p><!--Video player code ends here--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s That &#8220;Link Below&#8221; Referred To at End of the Video<br \/>\n&gt;&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/\">Polymer Clay Tutorials<\/a> &lt;&lt;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full version of the <strong>&#8220;Rock Tumbler&#8221;<\/strong> preview video shown above, is available for purchase at my Polymer Clay <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-01\/#vol-011\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">Bead Making Videos<\/a> Library in the <strong>Volume-011 Back Issue Package.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The following topics are covered in this <strong>&#8220;Bead &amp; Rock Tumbler&#8221;<\/strong> video:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How the Lortone Rock Tumbler works and how to use it for polishing beads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How to &#8216;sand&#8217; beads using unpolished river rock as the polishing substrate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How to know when the your beads are finished tumbling and ready for buffing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How to use your tumbler for pre-buffing beads to a nice low sheen using a felt liner.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Comparing examples of un-sanded, sanded and fully buffed beads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Discussion of what type of beads can be polished in a rock tumbler.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Things that you should not expect your tumbler to do for you.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vid #104: How To Get Your Beads To Shine with Less Effort and Less Sanding: If you have a pile of beads just&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">63<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,18],"tags":[1059,2699],"class_list":["post-3890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finishing","category-tools","tag-member-vids","tag-polymer-clay-sanding-buffing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}