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Hi all,
I just removed a finished bit of topaz that was epoxyed onto the dop.
I heated the dop & used a bit of wet cloth around the stone to get it off.
The stone was still covered in epoxy so I dropped it into a jar of acetone, taking it out every hour or so to scrape the epoxy (which was stuck pretty hard) with my finger nail.
When I finally got it off I found a small chip just under the girdle. I guess this could have happened when I dropped the stone into the jar, but I'm not certain.
I thought afterwards that I probably should have put the dop & stone into the epoxy & left it over night instead of getting over excited about seeing how it turned out.
The epoxy I used was JB Were Kwik.
How do other remove stones that are stuck hard without damage? What did I most likely do wrong.
Best regards & thanks
Bullwinkle
I just removed a finished bit of topaz that was epoxyed onto the dop.
I heated the dop & used a bit of wet cloth around the stone to get it off.
The stone was still covered in epoxy so I dropped it into a jar of acetone, taking it out every hour or so to scrape the epoxy (which was stuck pretty hard) with my finger nail.
When I finally got it off I found a small chip just under the girdle. I guess this could have happened when I dropped the stone into the jar, but I'm not certain.
I thought afterwards that I probably should have put the dop & stone into the epoxy & left it over night instead of getting over excited about seeing how it turned out.
The epoxy I used was JB Were Kwik.
How do other remove stones that are stuck hard without damage? What did I most likely do wrong.
Best regards & thanks
Bullwinkle