How do you polish a rock without a rock tumbler?
2007-12-12 09:08:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
you can use a file and it will scrape off the outside dirty rock and a new layer of cleaner rock will be the outcome
2007-12-12 09:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by ~~xx{Stelth[k9]}xx~~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place it on the beach and come back in 500 years, or just rub it really hard for maybe a year or so, or get a car tire, fill it with sand and water, and roll it until the rock is polished.
2007-12-12 09:13:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clear nail polish will work if you have a nicely cleaned rock.
It has always worked for me.
You have to find a way to prop it so only do one side at a time.
It will dry within a half an hour
Then just flip it and do the other side.
Priceless
2007-12-12 09:52:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NEVER use a rock tumbler to clean or polish a fossil! As far as that goes, NEVER polish a fossil!!! Polishing would destroy any possible value it has.
2016-04-08 23:24:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try emery cloth. Its designed for metals but it may work.
2007-12-12 09:21:53 · answer #5 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋