Glossy jewelry...!

Hello again!

Today I want to share some pictures of one of my favourite devices for jewelry making with you!

After finishing a new chainmaille piece it looks quite lovely already, 

but the one important finishing work has still to be done...
And here is what I like to do:

I throw almost all my finished jewelry into the rotary tumbler!

The stainless steel designs remain in there together with abrasive material 

and deburring solution for about 6 hours - 

this takes away even the last tiny raw edges of all those closed jump rings!

Afterwards I take all the stuff out of the tumbler, give everything a thorough rinse 

and then the bracelets, pendants and other beauties go through another 12 hours of tumbling...

This time together with steel shot and burnishing solution that tumbles everything to the glossiest shine!

My sterling silver pieces are tumbled to shine for about three hours...

In case you are curious to see what all this stuff looks like - here are todays pictures:

from left to right - back: deburring + burnishing solutions - abrasive medium - rotary tumbler
front: some steel shot - shiny CircleOfLife jewelry

steel shot in various forms - glossy "Sleek Snake" stainless steel bracelet - cross + celtic labyrinth pendants

closer look on my freshly tumbled shiny pieces

from left: deburring + burnishing solutions - abrasive ceramic pyramid pellets - rotary tumbler

tumbler with freshly tumbled "Sleek Snake" bracelet and "Shiny Elf Weave" bracelet...

See you next time!