Hi guys,
Just saw my buddie's tumbling set up and he is using some corn cobb stuff. I was just wondering if rice holes, you know the outer shell, would that be okay for tumbling material? Also he used laquer thinner before putting the bird in the tumbler to speed up the drying process, he told me that gasoling would work aswell, is this true?
Thanks alot!
Jake
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More and more people are getting away from using gas before tumbling! Health concerns, your own safety and producing offspring that look like frogs all come into play! A little extra time blowing or tumbling is well worth in my opinion!
I'm glad you clarified what you were talking about, it may have taken me awhile to figure it out. My question is, why would you want to use rice hulls? I would think they'd be hard to find, and the corn cob grit does the job better than anything out there in my opinion. I do not use gasoline, but I do use coleman fuel, and I always will. It displaces water, burns some grease away, and I think it helps with bugs. Always wear gloves of some sort. I have no idea what the coleman fuel would do to your skin if you didn't. I wear latex gloves, and everytime they get that stuff on them, they expand dramatically and become brittle.
The reason I'm asking if you can use them as a tumbling material is because my dad gets them free from work. Just was curious, if you don't think they will work then I'll buy corn cobb grit.
Thanks alot!
Jake
Actually, I'll be honest with you, I have never in my life touched rice hulls to tell you if they work or not. But if they're like wheat kernel hulls, they will not work. Here's what you want in good tumbling material: Absorbency(I don't that's spelled right). Saw dust is good, but if it came from a soft wood like pine, the resin in it will gum up the feathers. Any hard wood is good, and the finer the dust the better. Aspen works great. Good luck, and don't buy anything that you don't need.-Jack
why don't you just try the rice hulls. if it doesn't work just rewash and use somthing else. I'm not real sure how they'll work, but I'm kinda curious. let us know the results!
good luck