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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Lapidary
Finished stone damaged when removing from dop
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<blockquote data-quote="Pro-oz" data-source="post: 542785" data-attributes="member: 3186"><p>I concentrate the heat on the dop and epoxy, lay a piece of folded tissue on the bench holding one end of the dop let the stone rest on the bench fold up one end of the tissue to protect from heat and pop the stone out with fingernail, the stone is hot quickly run around it with your fingernail and scrape off any remaining epoxy, sometimes the stone comes out clean, depends on how much heat. When cool I lower the stone into metho over night most times. Do not drop into glass jar this is enough to chip the stone.</p><p></p><p>I have chipped a stone dropping from a height of 2" onto a plastic pod lid, that was enough to chip the girdle. I am using Dextone Epoxy.</p><p></p><p>PS I would not shock the stone with water (re the wet Rag)</p><p></p><p>Cheers Prooz.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pro-oz, post: 542785, member: 3186"] I concentrate the heat on the dop and epoxy, lay a piece of folded tissue on the bench holding one end of the dop let the stone rest on the bench fold up one end of the tissue to protect from heat and pop the stone out with fingernail, the stone is hot quickly run around it with your fingernail and scrape off any remaining epoxy, sometimes the stone comes out clean, depends on how much heat. When cool I lower the stone into metho over night most times. Do not drop into glass jar this is enough to chip the stone. I have chipped a stone dropping from a height of 2" onto a plastic pod lid, that was enough to chip the girdle. I am using Dextone Epoxy. PS I would not shock the stone with water (re the wet Rag) Cheers Prooz. [/QUOTE]
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Finished stone damaged when removing from dop
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