Stone washing CPMS35VN

I’ve tried stone washing my tempered blades using ceramic triangular media ( from Harbor freight) in some soapy water. I’m using a larger vibrater. I’m not getting the results I would have hoped. Sure there is some texture there but not enough for me. I even vibrate over night. The results are minimal. I know this S35 steel is somewhere @ 60-61 R. Can someone in the know help me with what might be a better procedure and media that they have been successful with?
 
I have the same basic stuff. It's not aggressive enough to really put a stone washed look on a knife. It will scratch up etched blades, but doesn't develop the texture you're after.

So I see two issues with mine. One is you may not be getting enough action in your tumbler. It shouldn't just wiggle, it should roll over and swirl. I fixed mine by adding weight to the top. About 20 lbs. The second is the media. You probably need a something like this, an aggressive ceramic. You don't want to leave this overnight. You might even go to one of the less aggressive medias. But McMaster Carr has several varieties. I've tried many kinds of this at my real job. You will get a pretty aggressive scratch in the first few tumbles. But it will even out and be consistent after that.

Also, if you do carbon steel too, you will want to switch out the media. It can deposit tramp steel on your stainless and rust.
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You really need a rotary tumbler I believe. I have a vibratory one I use to use for reloading but that's all it does...vibrate. then I got a rotary tumbler and started using stainless steel pins for cleaning casings. I've use it a couple times with the same ceramics you use and it worked on CPM-154. I don't use it for blades anymore because mine has a rubber liner and the blades were doing something bad inside, all the water was turning black from the rubber being beaten to death.
I'm looking at one day making one out of PVC pipe.
 
You really need a rotary tumbler I believe. I have a vibratory one I use to use for reloading but that's all it does...vibrate. then I got a rotary tumbler and started using stainless steel pins for cleaning casings. I've use it a couple times with the same ceramics you use and it worked on CPM-154. I don't use it for blades anymore because mine has a rubber liner and the blades were doing something bad inside, all the water was turning black from the rubber being beaten to death.
I'm looking at one day making one out of PVC pipe.
I think the vibratory stuff can work, but it takes some experimenting and process adjustment. My Lyman tumbler work great with limestone from my driveway. My bigger new tumbler took some adjusting to get it to work right.
 
I built a Tumbler to use as a case washer for my reloading. Had a Thumbler Tumbler I got with no drum for $5 at a yard sale (lucky) built the container from 6" PVC, Blank end cap and a 6 to 4" reducer that I put a Rubber cap over, on the inside I took a piece of 1/2" PVC split in half and screwed them down with flathead SS screws that I counter sunk on outside of vessel and blobbed some Silicone in to seal everything up! Works great for cases with SS pins and works great for tumbling blades with ceramic media. I will admit though never tried CPM your using. Only complaint I have is it is loud! The commercial cans usually have a Rubber liner. I run it in basement shop so can't hear it upstairs! I use to use a RCBS vibratory Tumbler and the drum does a much better job IMO.
 
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