Results from cleaning crystals with acid
When I find rocks I usually soak them in water for a few days and work them over with a brush real well. Though sometimes more is needed to clean off the iron stains and other dirt really set in to the corners of the crystals.
I use Barkeepers best friend, a cleaning product containing oxalic acid. A more mild acid and does not off gas like stronger forms. I soaked these crystals in an old pickle jar, kept it by the furnace to keep it warm. As acid works better when warmed so I tried to keep it above 70F during the few days they soaked.
Some of the rocks still had some orange stains, thinking thats iron stuck inside the crystal so it cannot be cleaned off by the acid.
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Nothing makes #fridaysrock more than cleaning your rocks! Great photo, video, and insight!
Dtube only works for me in Chrome. Same for you?
@snowyknight ah true.. it sure is. Dtube works on both Chrome and Firefox for me. Though sometimes the videos dont get past buffering.. if that happens to you with my videos use my alternative link at the end of my description.
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Video I looked, thank you!
But I know English very badly ...
@ludmila.kyriakou oh cool, well with rocks and nature language is pretty universal so no worries. I think your English is just fine.
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Is my English excellent? :-)))
Thank you for your compliment, this is thanks to the computer translator with whom I read and write :-)))
But still I am pleased by your compliment!
hah yeah maybe the translator is working good. Im impressed your using translation but honestly the technology has gotten real good int he last few years.
Thank you very much!
Agree with you!
The good news is that I learned a lot of new words using a translator.
I even check the translation of the computer and fix it :-))))))
@ludmila.kyriakou nice, its good your learning from it.. maybe one day you wont even need the translator.
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Ooo!
I would like this very much!
I like English, it's beautiful!
Great looking rocks, it’s quite a lot of work cleaning them but worth it in the end.
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@c0ff33a thanks, sure is.. Getting them out of the ground is only half the work.. Gotta clean up those rocks real good.
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I have to watch it..really interested!
Just saw this on Pimp Your Post Thursday!
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@dexpartacus cool, yeah it was a unique experience for sure. thanks for checking it out through #pypt
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Shadows was right on PYPT. How do you find the time? You must be very curious. I dont think I know too many people who like to experiment with acids
@blind-spot Yeah I am very curious and I go down rabbit holes alot and find new things to try out. I am glad I have followers that enjoy seeing what I make and do. Brings a great feeling of purpose and thankful for everyones support. It just pushes me further.
As for the acids, I googled how to clean iron stains off rocks. And it was a suggested method. Since water and brushes was not cutting it I had to use some chemicals.
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Saved for later watching... Saw this on #pypt
@ph1102 sweet, hope you enjoy it. And nice, #pypt rocks.
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