There are a lot of ways you can use a Dremel tool.Before you start working, you should clean off the rocks with soap and water.Select one rock to polish at a time, secure it in a vice, and grind it down with a sanding attachment on your Dremel.Before you display the rocks in your collection, you should finish polishing them with a wheel attachment and compound.
Step 1: The container should be filled with hot soapy water.
If you want to clean the rocks, you need a container big enough to submerge them.The dish detergent should be put in the hot water.If you want to clean the rocks off, use any mild dish detergent or liquid soap.
Step 2: Put the rocks in the container and let them soak in it.
Make sure the rocks are dry.Before you scrub them clean, let them sit for a few minutes to loosen up the dirt.You can gently stir the rocks with your hands to loosen the dirt.
Step 3: Use a toothbrush to clean the rocks.
The bristles of the brush can be used to get into cracks and crevices.As you rinse the rocks off, make sure to remove as much dirt as you can.If you don't have an old toothbrush to use, you can use any other bristled brush or pad.
Step 4: The rocks should be dried with a towel.
Use a clean towel to dry off the rocks.To dry them out, put them on a towel or a rack and let them sit out in the open.If you missed any dirty spots after the rocks have dried, you can give them a second scrub.
Step 5: Place a rock in a vise.
Attach the vice to the work surface.If you want to start sanding there, you should put a rock in it with the largest area exposed.You can get small vices that you can attach to any flat surface at a home improvement store or online.
Step 6: There is a face mask, protective glasses, and gloves.
If you get an injury, use the protective gear to keep you from breathing in rock dust.One slip with the Dremel tool could cause injury to your fingers, as rock dust is very harmful if breathed in.The necessary protective gear can be found at a home improvement store.
Step 7: The rock can be grinded with a Dremel sanding attachment.
Change the Dremel tool's bit to a sanding attachment and slide a 600-grit band on it.If you want to expose another side of the rock, you need to grind the first exposed surface.Continue rotating the rock and grinding the new exposed surface until you are done.The first round of sanding doesn't have to be perfect.The finish will be perfect with increasingly fine sanding Attachments.
Step 8: If you want to grind the whole rock again, use a medium-grit sanding band.
The Dremel has a medium-grit sanding band.To expose each surface, repeat the process of rotating the rock around in the vice.Look for areas with sharp edges.If you want to use fine-grit sandpaper, you need to spend more time sanding down these areas.If you want to evenly grind these parts, angle the bit as flat as possible.
Step 9: When the rock starts to shine, grind the whole rock with fine-grit sandpaper.
The Dremel tool has a 1000- or 1200-grit sandpaper on it.When the rock has a smooth finish, you can sand it all over.The tip of the grinding bit can be used to give the rock a smooth finish.
Step 10: The Dremel bit should be switched to a polishing wheel.
A small polishing wheel is enough to reach all areas of the rock you are polishing.Remove the Dremel tool attachment and replace it with a polishing wheel.A polishing wheel attachment is a soft felt piece that is used to buff different materials and make them shiny.Dremel bits can be found at a tool store, home improvement center, and online.
Step 11: The wheel should be dipped in the rock polishing compound.
The Dremel should be turned on and dipped into a rock polishing compound.After a few seconds, remove it from the wheel.If there is a specialty rock shop in your area, you can get rock polishing compound online.
Step 12: The compound should be rubbed into the rock until it is shiny.
At a time with the polishing wheel, keep the rock in the vice and buff the polish into one exposed surface.When you are working on the next area, it is a good idea to rotation the rock.After a few minutes of buffing, the rock will start to shine.Continue until you get the look you want.A piece of denim can be used to give a rock a final polish.