Other than brownells or Midway. Ive been asking at hardware/paint stores with no luck.

Who, what, where to find rottenstone?

Is it avalable in different grits?

http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=849-839&ov=1368&KEY=ROTTENSTONE

http://www.cheyennesales.com/catalog/behpumice.htm

Woodworking supplies should have it, you can also go to bodyshop supply stores and get polishing compounds (liquid for polishing automotive paint), which cost more than Rottenstone but do about the same

You can go to a fish hobby store and buy it. It's called diatom powder and is used in filters. You can buy a lifetime supply rather cheap.

The dictionary says Rottonstone is Decomposed silicous limestone.

Diatom powder? Do you mean diatomasous earth?

I just wanted to try the Rottonstone to see how it works .

Whats so great about rottenstone?

I have all kinds of auto paint rubbing compounds in the garage.

Paint stores may call it Pumice.
Good luck!

Woodcraft sells it also, I've used it with very good results to leave more of a glow rather than a gloss on stock finishes.

rottenstone link

Best regards,

Dan

Thanks for the links !

Pumice is different stuff but 5F pumice is pretty close. Someone beat me to the Woodcraft link. I think I still have the first bag I bought from a paint store.

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Originally posted by GSP7:
The dictionary says Rottonstone is Decomposed silicous limestone.

Diatom powder? Do you mean diatomasous earth?

I just wanted to try the Rottonstone to see how it works .

Whats so great about rottenstone?

I have all kinds of auto paint rubbing compounds in the garage.

Same thing, the product is usually labeled as diatom powder in the fish stores so that's why I called it that. Easy to find and a LOT cheaper than buying it from Brownells etc.

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Originally posted by GSP7:
The dictionary says Rottonstone is Decomposed silicous limestone.
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I just wanted to try the Rottonstone to see how it works .

Whats so great about rottenstone?
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It is just a fine polishing agent. In older wood working texts you will hear a lot about it. It is / was a major player for a French Polish. A French Polish is the glassy type of finish you will see on a grand piano. It calls for dozens of polishings with rotten stone.

I can't think of a good reason to even attempt that with a rifle or shotgun. If you want that type of finish, there are modern finishs that can achieve it with much less work.

I have never heard that DE was rottenstone, at least from everything that I have ever known. DE is the skeletal fossils of tiny sea creatures aka diatoms and is chemically silicon dioxide. Rottenstone, decomposed limestone, is calcite, calcium carbonate. Although DE may work for a polishing compound, it has interesting attributes, one being that it is a good poison for insects but harmless to animals. The edges of the DE particles are sharp and may work well. Another good place to get DE is at a pool supply outlet. DE is used in the best swimming pool filters, it comes in big bags and bet you could get some for next to nothing.

Rottenstone can be used to create a matte or a polished finish. It all depends on the effort and the manner it is used. I prefer it over 5F pumice. I would rather the use the oil's final texture but even BenMatte, which is supposed to produce a matte finish, but build up coats will get very glossy.

I can't say I've ever researched it, but always thought they were one in the same. Works well enough. I just did a search and see I'm wrong. Rottenstone is indeed microcrystalline quartz.

Dempsey in your error, you may well have stumbled onto a much cheaper and very usable alternative. See how some of this stuff works out.

I found a link while looking that had a lot of remedies for dogs for internal parasites. DE kills insects basically just by contact but is harmless to humans, pets etc.

The last time I went for a pound of it I went no farther than the closest ace hardware,,Though it's been a few years ago,,a pound goes a long way.The limestone powder is good for drawing oil out of military stocks when mixed into a paste of mineral spirits,pasted on the stock and given ample time to "dry"out,,Good luck,Clay

Clay, the DE is used for that. It is called a whitening agent and when mixed and put on the head of an old shotgun stock it will turn yellow from the oil it draws out. Brownells sells it also for 10 times the price.