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⭐ Show Us Your Cut Stones - Before And After Photos
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<blockquote data-quote="Pat Hogen" data-source="post: 474269" data-attributes="member: 11720"><p>I religiously use Loctite Super Glue 'Precision', I buy it from Bunnings. It is only a small container because I find the larger containers tend to go off to early and wastage is money. Also I think the 'Precision' is probably the cheapest at about $7 and not very much is required on a dop. After the glue has cured overnight I mix a two part Tite-On to bond the stone with the dop and to seal the Super Glue. I never lose a stone.</p><p>At transfer and also when stone is finished I use Z7 Debonder on the unnecessary bond and let sit for an hour, adding some more Debonder during the debonding process and then I heat the dop to be removed and I heat it twice for a brief period between heat application, this allows the heat to engage and work on the bond without overheating the stone on the dop. I do not let the dop get so hot that it penetrates to the stone which is wrapped in a suede square that I hold the stone or the dop with. </p><p></p><p>It is a process and it works well. The stone does not twist or turn in the dop when curing and holds exceptionally well when faceting and polishing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pat Hogen, post: 474269, member: 11720"] I religiously use Loctite Super Glue 'Precision', I buy it from Bunnings. It is only a small container because I find the larger containers tend to go off to early and wastage is money. Also I think the 'Precision' is probably the cheapest at about $7 and not very much is required on a dop. After the glue has cured overnight I mix a two part Tite-On to bond the stone with the dop and to seal the Super Glue. I never lose a stone. At transfer and also when stone is finished I use Z7 Debonder on the unnecessary bond and let sit for an hour, adding some more Debonder during the debonding process and then I heat the dop to be removed and I heat it twice for a brief period between heat application, this allows the heat to engage and work on the bond without overheating the stone on the dop. I do not let the dop get so hot that it penetrates to the stone which is wrapped in a suede square that I hold the stone or the dop with. It is a process and it works well. The stone does not twist or turn in the dop when curing and holds exceptionally well when faceting and polishing. [/QUOTE]
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