I Put Marbles in a Rock Tumbler & Something Weird Happened! Then I Give Them to YOU!

Someone has to say it: "Ariel, I think you've lost your marbles." 😂

I have a feeling I'd just be tumbling random objects constantly if I had a tumbler😂

Glass has tiny air bubbles that get trapped when it's being made, and as they wear down, those bubbles get released. As you mentioned, it's good practice to burp the tumbler every day or so when tumbling glass. It was neat to see what happens when you don't; you're braver than I am. 🤣 Those tiny shiny marbles are soooo stinking cute!

i hope you are aware that glass dust is VERY bad for you to inhale, or ingest, so all that sludge you've made, its is quite hazardous when dry! pls be careful where you dispose of it!

🤣Screaming at the screen, "Shine your blacklight on the whole seive of marbles to find the other glow in the dark ones!"🤣🤣🤣

From my childhood: the clear ones with the colorful swirl inside were called Aggies, the totally clear ones were called pureies, the larger ones that you didn’t get were called shooters. That’s all I can remember right now. What a fun video!

The frosted ones would look really cool in a bowl with some led led lights hidden at the bottom. Maybe a mini string of red xmas lights. Nice job on the video, I had a rock tumbler as a kid and it's something I always wanted to get back into. Thanks for sharing!

As an avid collector of small round things, I absolutely love how these turned out. They're so shiny!

We used to make "Fried Marbles" with the clear ones in the 70's. You heat the marbles up in a fry pan till hot and then dump them in ice water. It would "craze" them with internal cracks. Some would split completely but you would pick out the best ones to glue those rounded metal snow flake necklace attachments. That's a Mom technical term. Lol. Love your experiment and still love marbles. New subscriber and love your personality. Keep it up.

I am a lampwork glass bead maker and regularly tumble my work for the matt, frosted look. Normally only for a few hours at a time, not weeks on end! I have never tried to get them back to shiny though. That might be an interesting experiment for me too. Thank you so much for showing that it can be done.

Brings me all the way back to the Great Marble Wars, out on the playing fields in the grass of Ortega Elementary School, back in 1969.

This was much more fascinating than I'd expected! I thought the post-tumbling marbles looked a lot shinier. However, being so much smaller, they probably transmitted a lot more light, making them look dramatically brighter. Just a thought. I don't know where you live, but if you get to Nebraska, be sure to visit Lee's Marble Museum, York, NE. The owner, Lee, just recently died, so I'm not sure what will happen to his collection, but it is worth a visit! Lee was a knowledgeable, kind, generous, man who had been collecting marbles since he was a little boy. I am so fortunate to have met him a few years ago.

I saw some tumbling done about 30 yrs ago. Happened upon your channel today. Thought, what the heck and watched the whole thing. Very fascinated now. So onto more of your content. Thank you so much for sharing this.

I love marbles as much as rocks. I mix them in with my rock collection. I would never tumble marbles. They are just so beautiful. Just a tip, I use a small flat head screw driver to open my top lids. ❤ cool experiment, and fun video. 😊

That was pretty fun. The shine recovery was great and you didn't lose all your marbles, just half! Hahaha!! :)

I always wondered how marbles would do in a tumbler. I love marbles and have a collection that I keep in an old gum ball machine!

That just makes me want a tumbler even more. Tumble ALL the things!

Many years ago during the summer holidays, my sister and I were mooching up and down the lane outside our house when I saw what I thought was a piece of ice. I was so shocked when I picked it up and it burnt my fingers! It turned out to be a clear and white marble that had been chipped all over. We spent the rest of the summer putting marbles up and down the lane trying to make another one, but we never managed it! Sadly I lost 'Icey' many years ago, but maybe I could get a rock tumbler and try to make another one!

WOW! I think I like the best when they look more like Sea glass. Just a little bit cloudy since you don't see that in the normal marble. I also love glowing in the dark anything!

I love marbles--they are tiny little works of art. I actually thought those with the spirals inside looked awesome with the beachglass finish!