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Finished stone damaged when removing from dop
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<blockquote data-quote="Bullwinkle" data-source="post: 542730" data-attributes="member: 9564"><p>Hi all, </p><p></p><p>I just removed a finished bit of topaz that was epoxyed onto the dop.</p><p></p><p>I heated the dop & used a bit of wet cloth around the stone to get it off.</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>The epoxy I used was JB Were Kwik.</p><p></p><p>How do other remove stones that are stuck hard without damage? What did I most likely do wrong.</p><p></p><p>Best regards & thanks</p><p></p><p>Bullwinkle</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullwinkle, post: 542730, member: 9564"] 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 [/QUOTE]
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