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Posted by earthclubfactory garden junk (My Page) on Fri, Nov 13, 09 at 18:48
| Looking at tumbling glass with cement mixer, Has anyone done this, do you need to cut the blades out, does it need to lie horizontal do you need a lid.
Any help would be amazing |
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RE: beach glass
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| To tumble glass with a cement mixer all you have to do is put the glass in with some play sand. Tilt it like you would to mix cement and turn it on...It takes a couple of hours to smooth out the edges. I have done it many times and love the results. This is how I did the glass that I used around stepping stones as mulch in my garden. |
RE: beach glass
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Micki, I was wondering how you deal with leaves among your glass mulch. Is it a big chore to do fall clean up?
kathy |
RE: beach glass
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| I usually just pick up what I can of the leaves when I weed the garden...the rain seems to wash teh rest away...it only takes a couple of minutes when I am weeding. I don't stress too much over the leaves and so far they haven't been a problem. |
RE: beach glass
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Thanks Micki.
Sorry I kidnapped your thread Earthclub. Be sure to post what you make!
kathy |
RE: beach glass
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| When you tumble it for only a couple of hours do you just get rounded edges or is it enough to give that all-over softness that real beach glass has? I would love to try it but I would have to rent the cement mixer so it might be kind of expensive. Cheryl |
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