Homemade Sea Glass

[Metalman]

Time, time, time  I think will be the key here.  
Other tricks you might use would be to grind the edges of the glass with your glass grinder so the pieces are rounded out like they would be.  You may also need a more aggressive abrasive like aluminum oxide or silicon carbide - these are frequently used for sandblasting glass and will cut better then beach sand. Beach sand is silica as is glass, they are close to the same material and won't cut each other very fast.
Back to time - tumble them for a couple weeks, and see what you get.
Last thought - small pieces may work better

[sjm1027]

Thanks to everyone that helped

[sjm1027]

I have a rotary tumbler and some beach sand. I have a lot of scrap glass from my stained glass hobby and was wondering if I took some scraps and put them in the tumbler with the beach sand would I eventually get sea glass. Well I have tried it for only one day with poor results.
Has anyone tried it? The glass is not getting frosted but the edges are getting dull. Is there something I can do to speed this along?

Thanks
Steve

[Russ Nobbs]

At the recent spring Custer's Craft show I met PATRICIA LARZELIER selling beach glass creations under the name "The Mermaid's Tears" She was also selling beach glass as loose goods. She may also have it drilled for  use by other jewelers.

You can see her products at http://www.themermaidstears.com/index.html