{"id":250,"date":"2010-05-30T22:55:47","date_gmt":"2010-05-30T22:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taogem.com\/?p=250"},"modified":"2010-05-30T23:05:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T23:05:03","slug":"wonderstone-rhyolite-holy-cow-polish-verses-oxide-gemstone-cabochon-jewelry-design-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/taogem\/2010\/05\/30\/wonderstone-rhyolite-holy-cow-polish-verses-oxide-gemstone-cabochon-jewelry-design-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderstone Rhyolite Holy Cow Polish Verses Oxide Gemstone Cabochon Jewelry Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Linna had posted some pics of some beautiful looking Wonderstone.<\/p>\n

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We started talking a bit on Facebook. I had commented about one and only polishing experience, and had mentioned how a member of my forum had success with a Holy Cow and vinegar mix for polishine this particular mineral. Linna then asked if I would mind doing a little experiment for her and compare a final polish using tin oxide on one cab, and the Holy Cow\/vinegar mix on another so she might be able to share how to potentially aquire a nice polish on what is normaly a difficult material.<\/p>\n

Turned out to be a neat experiment and really changed my perception on purchasing more Wonderstone for future cabbing !<\/p>\n

Of course shared the outcome within a thread on the forum <\/a>too. Here are a few comparison pics. The shield cab is a tin oxide polish verses the oval that I used the Holy Cow\/vinegar mixture. Which by the way is mixed the same as the oxide. Sort of creamy… I do use a synthetic leather instead of cow or elk hide for my polishing. Same here..<\/p>\n

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Linna\u00a0wrote a great little article about our little Wonderstone polishing experiment <\/a>as well..<\/p>\n

As of this blog entry I am pretty sure that Stone Age Industries is still offering a few remaining slabs of this Wonderstone. It is worth noting that I noticed these slabs were quite a bit higher quality than the material I had previously worked. Much more dense than the more porous material I have seen.\u00a0 Even just using the oxide polish, the end result was much better with these particular slabs of theirs.<\/p>\n

I was left with enough remaining material from these two slabs that pretty excited about cabbing more for customer jewelry designs as well as my own jewelry !<\/p>\n

You can contact Linna at Stone Age Industries <\/a>for info about available slabs.<\/p>\n

Of course if you would like cabbing info from me using this Wonderstone, feel free to contact me <\/a>as well !<\/p>\n

Thanks for stopping in !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"