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 Topic: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
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| Ceanna Replies: 13 Views: 22698 |
 Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 25, 2017 10:36 Subject: Re: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
| Thank you Susan. My husband and I have been collecting for a few years, but I just recently joined the site. We are extremely fortunate to live in such an agate abundant area, as they are a favorite o ... | |
| Topic: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
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| Ceanna Replies: 13 Views: 22698 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 21, 2017 16:27 Subject: Re: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
| Chalcedony or agate are forms of quartz!
Thank you! I knew they formed in and around quartz, I just didn't realize that is what they would be classified as! |
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| Topic: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
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| Ceanna Replies: 13 Views: 22698 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 21, 2017 15:20 Subject: Re: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
| Here are the pictures of what I worked on Friday. I apologize for the quality of the pictures, I had a setting wrong on my phone and it caused some blur. I'm extremely happy with what was accomplished ... | |
| Topic: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
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| Ceanna Replies: 13 Views: 22698 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 18, 2017 10:48 Subject: Re: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
| Before the thread gets locked I'll offer some answers.
Spot cleaning guns were designed to work at high pressure to push dirt through a fabric into a rag to throw away. They can cut skin ans water ... |
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| Topic: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
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| Ceanna Replies: 13 Views: 22698 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 18, 2017 10:29 Subject: Re: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
| Spot cleaning guns are spectacular for cleaning any rocks that aren't softer, damaged or brittle, but for softer minerals like Calcite, they will cause damage if you're not very careful and use lower ... | |
| Topic: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
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| Ceanna Replies: 13 Views: 22698 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 18, 2017 10:17 Subject: Re: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
| CEANNA, Welcome to this forum .
I have owned a Chinese made hi pressure gun for a number of years now and use it quite often. Most of the models have a variable spray nozzle. Always start out w ... |
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| Topic: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
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| Ceanna Replies: 13 Views: 22698 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 17, 2017 17:05 Subject: Cleaning with Water/ Spot Cleaning Guns (Agate?) |
| Hello,
I've read most of the topics about spot cleaning guns already, but have a couple questions above and beyond what I've already seen. 1: What, if any, precautions need to be taken when us ... |
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| Topic: Presentation of new members - Reference Thread |
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| Ceanna Replies: 501 Views: 570558 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Aug 17, 2017 16:38 Subject: Presentation of new members - Ceanna and her husband from Wisconsin |
| Hello everyone,
My husband and I are from Wisconsin and are avid agate collectors. Both of us really love a good treasure hunt, but we don't really know what else to look for (and where to look fo ... |
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