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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Lapidary
Finished stone damaged when removing from dop
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<blockquote data-quote="Dihusky" data-source="post: 543072" data-attributes="member: 10304"><p>I think we have all had this happen at some stage Bullwinkle, Topaz which has perfect fracture planes, is prone to it, even stones splitting when cutting. </p><p></p><p>I use JB Kwik, but sometimes soak it for several days in Acetone. Small jar with a hole in the lid just big enough to hold the Dop, but of Bluetack to seal and hold the stone off the bottom. A gentle twist usually gets the stone off or it goes back for more soaking.</p><p></p><p>Used to use Tite-on but no longer available unfortunately.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dihusky, post: 543072, member: 10304"] I think we have all had this happen at some stage Bullwinkle, Topaz which has perfect fracture planes, is prone to it, even stones splitting when cutting. I use JB Kwik, but sometimes soak it for several days in Acetone. Small jar with a hole in the lid just big enough to hold the Dop, but of Bluetack to seal and hold the stone off the bottom. A gentle twist usually gets the stone off or it goes back for more soaking. Used to use Tite-on but no longer available unfortunately. [/QUOTE]
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