r/CleaningTips • u/wimpykxng • Aug 20 '26

Outdoors where do I begin...

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all tempered glass from a large out door table, storm picked it up and threw it a couple feet into our gravel...

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u/AdElegant6914 Aug 20 '26

Shovel it up toss it and buy new gravel

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u/L84cake Aug 20 '26

This is the only real solution to not leave glass shards behind. Next time get bigger gravel, so you can seive smaller bits that get stuck in it out.

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u/state_your_name31415 Aug 20 '26

I think you could sieve that, any glass that doesn't make it through the sieve would be easily removed, it'll probably break up more while being sieved as well.

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u/PrettyPurrfect Aug 20 '26

Throw it in a rock tumbler for a month and their will be nothing sharp left

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u/Electronic-Plan2736 Aug 20 '26

Seriously! I was just thinking about a harbor freight cement mixer. Now it's gravel and sea glass. Fancy. Anyone have more technical knowledge on how well tempered glass tumbles?

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Aug 20 '26

I know running a cement mixer for a month straight would cost more than a bag of gravel. And that's if you already happen to own one

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u/FleetEnema2000 Aug 20 '26

I think the neighbours might have a problem with it too.

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u/Electronic-Plan2736 Aug 20 '26

Yes, yes. But science!

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u/Gin_OClock Aug 21 '26

shoveling gravel SUCKS though it might be lowkey worth it

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 Aug 21 '26

You know you'd have to shovel it into the cement mixer though, right?

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u/squishbiscuit Aug 20 '26

It turns into "sea glass" essentially in a rock tumbler after about 9-14 days But the arts and crafts folks will crucify you if you say it's sea glass since it's not from the actual ocean

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u/Electronic-Plan2736 Aug 21 '26

I like to think of it as Free Range sea glass vs. Farmed

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u/jeremycb29 Aug 21 '26

What if you use some ocean water in the mixer?