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Post by roy on Dec 3, 2021 14:45:52 GMT -5
so i had some old cactus juice so i ordered a red die and wanted to see if i could make a bland slab look better here is what happened Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr they run under vacuum till you dont see no more bubbles at that time you turn off the vacuum and let the air back in and let set for 24 hours to soak then in to the toaster oven @200 deg for 1.5 hours here is what it looks like coral has a light color to it but may change after its cabbed Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr it filled in the cracks on the colla wood Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr the palm root had good infill on what seams in this section Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr but check out the edge of this photo Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr i then stared to clean up that pool of stabilizer with my 220 grit wheel when i got to the out side edge look at the chnge in color Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr so on the palm root iam going to finish polishing it and keep in my collection the others iam will make some cabs this weekend and see if it gets better ill share those when done
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Post by rmf on Dec 3, 2021 21:49:02 GMT -5
This is great!!! But I have some questions?
Where did you get the vacuum chamber?
Once Cactus Juice is set up will it dissolve in Acetone? I use metal dops and attach with CA and dissolve in Acetone.
What do you do with the left over Cactus juice from this? Can it be reused later?
Thanks
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 3, 2021 22:17:16 GMT -5
roy - I saw these earlier on my phone, but wanted to see pics on the laptop before making a comment...and now that I've seen them, I'm at a loss for words as to how wonderful those turned out! rmf - I use metal dops with CA also...but I use a propane torch on the metal dops to release the CA. I wear a leather glove to grab the cab as it's releasing (or catch it when it falls off). Then I use a straight edge razor blade to remove the glue from the back of the cab. Easy peasy.
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Post by Tommy on Dec 4, 2021 7:03:57 GMT -5
Very cool roy! Makes me want to pull out my home built vacuum chamber and play around with it. Just out of curiosity did it do anything interesting to the little piece of turquoise? Also, any particular die type or brand?
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Post by roy on Dec 4, 2021 13:07:46 GMT -5
This is great!!! But I have some questions? Where did you get the vacuum chamber? Once Cactus Juice is set up will it dissolve in Acetone? I use metal dops and attach with CA and dissolve in Acetone. What do you do with the left over Cactus juice from this? Can it be reused later? Thanks i got the vacuum chamber off ebay since i work on a/c in cars i already had the vacuum pump when the cactus juice is set nothing will get it out you can just pour it back in the jug and re use it as much as you want it only sets up with heat
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Post by roy on Dec 4, 2021 13:10:01 GMT -5
Very cool roy! Makes me want to pull out my home built vacuum chamber and play around with it. Just out of curiosity did it do anything interesting to the little piece of turquoise? Also, any particular die type or brand? not sure yet on the Variscite iam going to back it today the play with it ill let you know oh the die i bought from the guy who makes the cactus juice
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Post by rmf on Dec 4, 2021 19:48:25 GMT -5
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Post by roy on Dec 7, 2021 11:55:45 GMT -5
the coral didnt take the dye well very little change and that was the one i thought would take it best Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr the Variscite worked just how i thought Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr Untitled by Roy Kessell, on Flickr the total surprise was the palm root at first glance it was very light in one area but after flat lapping and ready to polish it is a total surprise Palm root by Roy Kessell, on Flickr
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 11, 2021 11:29:44 GMT -5
Excellent 👍
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