Tumbling Glass -MAKE YOUR OWN SEA GLASS

[acme663ryo]

We just put a new video showing the process up. Check it out!

[RecoveryTTA]

That does seem like a good idea for smaller glass quanitities. It is clever if in the inside you have steel edges to break the glass.

[MosaicMaiden]

I am soooo jealous :)

[califgirl10]

What do you do with it after it's done? You really can't sell it as jewelry because real sea glass if you hold it up to a bright light you will see small "C's" in the natural sea glass, but this would be great for a garden or ? Pretty clever!

[theangrywaffle1]

the only reason i dont like this is because the fun of it is getting out there and finding it yourself

[citizenstand]

my neighbor was doing this inside and its super fking loud!

[whitesparrow333]

lol I thought about doing this a couple of months ago....thanks for experimenting for me!

[Litameena4chan]

I think this is an awesome idea! =] Brilliant!. But yeah I can see hoe the burnt out motors would result. =[

You're not a hick, you'r inginuitive! =] Even if you are a hick it's nothing to be ahsamed of! ; )

[stingwraykw]

super cool - I just stumbled across the idea of using a cement mixer - I am soo jazzed, now I need to find a mixer - any suggestions for what type? I want to do volume, say ... 3 - 5 gallon buckets of crushed glass at a time. ! . ! . !

[acme663ryo]

That is a yard-sale mixer and doing this has been hard on it. The drum is fine but I have burned up motors and lost bearings. Not built to run for 12 hours at a shot. The amount of glass depends on the size of the mixer you find and how fine you break the glass first. It will break up bottles and jars all on its own. Too much and the glass doesn't break small enough and the end result will break under foot in your garden beds. Too little and all you will get is powder.

[notfireproofequipped]

imagine putting your hand in there:|

[xTheHealingCannabisx]

i imagined it...

[ragonamuffin]

@notfireproofequipped Or an animal.

[wrightylaaad]

how about adding water and sand to the mix , would that be any good for the end result? great idea by the way

[acme663ryo]

We use water and rocks, I imagine sand would work well provided you only want the larger (1/2 inch or bigger) chunks. The sand would be hard to separate from the smaller stuff.

[glassfractal]

hehe, cool idea. what'd you do with it after it was tumbled?

[acme663ryo]

Flower Garden(s)

[ragonamuffin]

@glassfractal Huff the powder that it produces.