Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on?

I bought some steel bracelets but I didn’t want the standard high polish so I got them with a gunmetal finish. it was ok, but a little too dark.

so I made a rock tumbler:

and after 3 hours of tumbling:

it’s not the best pics, but it really is different. the gunmetal finish was charcoal colored but high shine. the tumbled bracelets have a slight bit of the dark finish still there but more silver, but also dull and non-reflective despite being very smooth. pretty much exactly what I wanted.
I’m toying with the idea of putting them back in for 45 min but I don’t want to goof it.

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