oh
oh my gosh
oh this is
this is awesome
hey everyone
I'm here with Thelma Stevens, who I see at church almost every day
almost every day
so she asked me this winter if I'd polish a puddingstone for her, and I told her
we're going to have to wait until summer because it's an outside job, and it's
too cold to do in the winter
so this is a stone with a story, so
let's take a look at the rock there
(Rob) and tell us about it
okay
well, I think this is the best side, but it's beautiful all over
okay, my mom was on a
a, she was in a geology class
and they were at a quarry
at a quarry, now this was back in the fifties, so the quarry was dry as a bone
it's now a lake
on 32
anyway
she found this rock, and she felt like it was the prize of the day
it was, and she
it was a treasure to her
it was
she brought it home
she brought it home to show it off, of course
and she would even take it to Florida when they would go to Florida she
would take it with her
and use it for a doorshop, and then of course it came back to Michigan, so this
is a well traveled rock
and I think it needs a dressing up after all these years
but I was standing with the rock one day looking at it, and I thought
and I remembered that verse, when Jesus says about Peter, you are a rock
and I thought, well hello
this is a rock, I'm going to call it Peter
so this is not just any old rock, this is
this rock has a name, it's Peter
it's my mom's rock
and it's my rock now
and it's name is Peter
and it's going to get a dressing up
well, I think that's a great looking rock
that's one of the better puddingstones I've ever seen, and I will do my best to
to make it look it's best
alright, I can hardly wait
are we going to take a video of it when we see it?
-we will -will all your friends get to see it?
I'll take it up and we'll polish it up and we'll bring it back and we'll do another
video here
-okay that's great, thank you -sure
well I'm all set up and ready to go, so let me just show you the tools I'll be
using
this is just a regular angle grinder, but I've got a diamond cup grinding wheel
on it
and then this one is a Makita wet stone polisher
it has velcro pads, I've got a series of ten that I go through
and of course I've got my safety equipment a respirator
eyeglasses or safety glasses, and rubber gloves
I've also got hearing protection
so I'm going to start with this and do the first step with this, and then
everything else is done with this one
so let's get started
alright Peter, this might sting a little
(grinder whirring)
well this looks worse before it's going to look better
here it is right now
so
the purpose here
was just to take out any low spots and
little nicks and
cracks and things
I did leave one hole in here somewhere right there
that's really deep
so rather than take this whole side down by a quarter inch or half inch, I decided
just to leave that one
so from here on out, we're doing soft backed
pads, and we're just taking out the scratches and
any little ridges and stuff or flat spots, those will all get ground out at this point
and pretty soon it's going to look all nice and shiny
(grinder whirring)
alright, I'm done with the first soft pad
and it still has lots of scratches on it
each pad's a finer grit, and will take off the scratches from the last one
so I'm not going to show you all the steps
but here and there I'll stop and give you a look at how it's coming along
(grinder whirring)
alright, I just finished up with the fifth soft pad, which is 400 grit
and this is coming along really nicely
you can no longer see any scratches on it
and it feels really smooth and nice
you can't feel it, but take my word for it, it feels nice
so
you might be thinking I'm only halfway through, because I'm halfway through the
soft pads, but
the first soft pad and the diamond cup wheel before that take far longer than
anything else
so after that it's just a few minutes on each one
the hardest part is just making sure you hit all the surfaces, so I always dry it
off in between and check it out
that way you can really see any scratches when it's dry that you- you can't see those
when it's wet
so five more, and then I'm going to check back in and it'll be all done, you get to
see the finished product
(grinder whirring)
I can't wait to show Thelma this
I think she's going to love it
turned out really nice
whole process took about two hours
maybe a little less
if I take out all the filming stuff, that doesn't include getting the stuff out
of the garage and putting it back in
but uh, just the grinding part
not too bad
so
I'm happy with this
next we get to go show Thelma
well it's all done
-I've hidden it, so - this is the big reveal -I can't see it, okay
she's been waiting while I set up the camera, it's killing her
-I've been feeling it, I've been feeling it -make you wait a little bit longer
but here you go
-will you hold it while I -sure
-we can do it that way -I'm going to open the bag
oh
oh my goodness
oh this is
this is awesome
this is
there's the good side
this is
oh
looks different doesn't it?
it's- yes
it's a jewel
it's not a rock, it's
it's now
oh look you can see the texture
in- in, oh
and the little stripes show up on the jasper a little better, so
oh
alright, so you're happy?
oh, I'm happy, I'm so happy
yes
-this is a treasure -well good
this is not going to be used as a doorstop
you can still use it as a doorstop, it won't scuff up your doors anymore
it's going to be on the coffee table on a doily on the coffee table
a doily even, great!
it is worthy!
-oh, I can't thank - it's so smooth -that's good
-it's beautiful, oh I thank you -you wanted it to be smooth, it's smooth
it's beautiful
the colors just pop
that's why I do this, it's really fun to see, see the change like that
it just comes alive
it is beautiful
it's a jewel
I'm glad you like it
thank you, thank you
so if you'd like to see some- I'll link a video here where I found the biggest
puddingstone I've ever found, and it's a really good one too, so go check out
that video and I'll see you over there
oh thank you, thank you for this
you're welcome
it's so great