Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 17, 2018 12:32:40 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Still washing the caliche off my field trip finds. Here are a few more, shrinkwoods,mossy limb cast types etc. Thanks for lookin...Mel    |
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Post by aDave on Mar 17, 2018 12:58:30 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Still washing the caliche off my field trip finds. Here are a few more, shrinkwoods,mossy limb cast types etc. Thanks for lookin...Mel Hey Mel, what are you finding that works best for you to clean caliche? I'm not really interested in using muriatic acid. I'm just about done cleaning pet wood from Dobell's. I ended up getting some extra strong vinegar (30%), dilluting that a bit, and letting the stuff soak. Seems to be doing OK. |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 17, 2018 13:18:35 GMT -5
As said before,nice finds...... I use vinegar on most of my cleaning..
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,497
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 17, 2018 16:03:26 GMT -5
I've used vinegar and weak muriatic pool acid in the past. Just soak it and scrub it now as I don't care if it's not totally clean. Most the George West stuff is loose caliche mud that has covered the wood and scrubs right off....Mel
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Mar 20, 2018 20:20:25 GMT -5
Great finds I really like the first 2. Can't wait to see a couple slabs.
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NRG
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by NRG on Mar 25, 2018 20:14:44 GMT -5
I'm a jerk. I'd use full strength pool acid in a bucket. The rocks in a bucket with a million holes drilled. When clean I would transfer the rock bucket to another bucket full of washing soda solution.
This must be done outside. Stand upwind. Wear glasses. Have a hose running. I do it on my sloped driveway. The acid cleans the concrete... Lol
On the other hand, of it's simply rumble stones, then the tumbler cleans them up real good, real fast, for zero work.
Pics or it didn't happen
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Post by aDave on Mar 25, 2018 20:36:41 GMT -5
I'm a jerk. I'd use full strength pool acid in a bucket. The rocks in a bucket with a million holes drilled. When clean I would transfer the rock bucket to another bucket full of washing soda solution. This must be done outside. Stand upwind. Wear glasses. Have a hose running. I do it on my sloped driveway. The acid cleans the concrete... Lol On the other hand, of it's simply rumble stones, then the tumbler cleans them up real good, real fast, for zero work. Pics or it didn't happen I just used 30% vinegar diluted with 6% from Walmart. It worked out well. Since vinegar is a food product, I didn't mind putting it down the drain. Rock sediment in the mix was poured elsewhere. |
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NRG
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by NRG on Mar 25, 2018 22:33:37 GMT -5
Can't argue with success!
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