okay here we have half the geode that we just cut right now we're going to demonstrate how to polish it and what we're going to use to polish it is our diamond Pacific Jeannie as you can see it's got six wheels each wheel has a different grit rating on there and we're going to use it for each wheel has a different purpose so we're going to use that to polish what we're going to start off with is Zeke is going to start off with that wheel that's on the far left that is an 80 grit wheel it is the coarsest grit and it's mainly used for shaping out your rock you're going to make the shape of what you want to do so grit Zeke go ahead and fire up the machine now another little thing to note here is the little Jets right there there's squirt and water up on there really important to keep those wheels wet so that you don't breathe in some of that dust because some of those dusts can be really bad for your health notice is going a nice circular motions actually using the full wheel run okay he's just finished up work on the first wheel now if you notice it's a little bit different but it still doesn't have the polish that we're going for on there so what we're going to do now is we're going to move up to the second wheel we've got two got our little water pumps moved under it so we keep our wheel wet again that's very important again another important aspect of this is using the full wheel not just wearing one little part of the wheel if you do that you'll wear a groove in your wheel you'll have to replace your wheel and these can be kind of expensive so what we're going to do is we're going to move on to the second wheel now this is a 220 grit wheel and basically each grit is going to get finer and finer and finer as we move up here to our polish wheels and what we're going to want to do with that is basically each wheel is going to create scratches in the rock as the grit gets finer it's going to erase the scratches from the previous wheel until the scratches are so small that you get a very glossy polish on there so go ahead and fire up the machine there Zeke again notice the circular motion of how he's losing that yield around he's using the full wheel he's not going to really okay he thinks he's got it where he wants it he's gonna check he's just going to dry off the surface real quick and he's going to put it under the light and inspect it and give it a nice inspection he wants to look for the grooves and see if that's where he wants see if he's got it shaped and if it's where he wants it then he's going to move the little water pumps over to the third wheel now we're going to start in on the third wheel okay Zeke has just finished doing his polishing on the third wheel now the third wheel is a 280 grit wheel and it's the last of our more coarse grits basically where we're going to be moving from here is our fourth wheel which is a 600 grit wheel and that's our pre polish wheel now on this step is very important that we make sure that we've got all our sharp burs or any of our sharp edges off of the rock that we're polishing because what we don't want to do is ruin the buffing wheels or the polishing wheels with any kind of sharp burrs and cut into those wheels or anything like that so Zeke why don't you go ahead and move the water over here again even with the buffing wheels it's still very important we keep them wet we're going to have Zeke start on the fourth wheel begin our pre-college real systems III something to note now she keep both hands on the it's actually really important so that the go flying across room your health but no solution okay this is the rock as it's finished from its fourth pre polished step once again we are on the fourth wheel that's a 600 grit wheel and it's already starting to look a little bit more pretty when we're done polishing this will code it in a really good light you'll be able to see the difference here now we're going to move on to the fifth wheel now for this because it's a geode and comprised mostly of agate it's going to be a very hard material so we're only going to use the fifth wheel which is a 1200 grit wheel this sixth wheel here is a 3000 grit wheel and it's really only used for softer materials so it's really not going to do much good for our agate here so go ahead and fire it up Zeke he's just trying to worse every little piece of the surface of that rush and if you can see the edges there you'd notice that a lot of them seem to be a lot smoother right on the corner right on the edges there and that was from the earlier stages we did we did have to make sure that we didn't cut any goods or anything like that if we're polishing that's actually really important we're working with our gene unit like the more time you spend on the first three wheels the less time you'll have to spend on the power which can make life a lot easier for you when you're on the phone another thing to keep in mind is if you're working with a piece and you just can't get a good polish on it there might be a good idea to go back to one of those first three stages and do a little bit of shaping on it again and just see if you can groove it down a little bit okay here's our final result here this is the geode that Frederick cut we cut it in half now this side we haven't done anything with okay it's just it doesn't look bad it looks nice it's a nice flat surface Frederick did a really good job cutting this so you don't see any saw grooves or anything like that looks really nice this right here is the piece we just put polished you can already tell that there is a much higher quality polish on this you can see the reflection of the light in there if I get real close in here you can see how much more polished this is so that's the difference between what it's looking like when it's cut and what it's looked like when it's polished so there you have it a Gio from raw to cut to polished if you have any other questions or concerns you can email us you can come to our website or come into our store and ask us anything you need thanks so much for tuning in guys see you later