Removing dip

Drachenstein · 09-16-2009, 07:33 AM

I've read quite a few posts both here and on the P38 side of house. I make jewelry (all pre-1900), and do restoration and replication work for museums. I have also done work for reenactors from celtic to WWII. Anyway often times when dealing with an artifact we'll put it in a vibratory tumbler filled with bird seed or charged walnut (depending on the integrity of the piece) in order to clean it to the point of inspection or replication. It's easy to control the abrasion through the type of media used. It also does it evenly or uniformly, unlike any wheel that will leave traces. Has anyone tried this process yet?

09-16-2009, 07:33 AM	#1
Drachenstein User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Elizabethtown, KY Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Removing dip I've read quite a few posts both here and on the P38 side of house. I make jewelry (all pre-1900), and do restoration and replication work for museums. I have also done work for reenactors from celtic to WWII. Anyway often times when dealing with an artifact we'll put it in a vibratory tumbler filled with bird seed or charged walnut (depending on the integrity of the piece) in order to clean it to the point of inspection or replication. It's easy to control the abrasion through the type of media used. It also does it evenly or uniformly, unlike any wheel that will leave traces. Has anyone tried this process yet?