Cleaning a Quartz Crystal Cluster
Cleaning a Quartz Crystal Cluster
A short video showing how I clean a decent size quartz crystal cluster. First I soak it in Iron Out for a couple days and then I soak it in HCl for a couple more.
Cleaning a Quartz Crystal Cluster
A short video showing how I clean a decent size quartz crystal cluster. First I soak it in Iron Out for a couple days and then I soak it in HCl for a couple more.
What is in the Iron Out product, lactic or oxalic acid?
Nice piece!! Thanks for the video
Very nice!
What would you recommend for a wine stain on a clear quartz?
I have no idea why or when I subbed to you but saw this in my subscriptions so yeh… here I am. Now I have an idea of how to clean one of those if I ever have to. Good video.
Nice fried chicken leg
try using the works tollit bowl cleaner it works great and can remove a lot of the nasty brown color. I also found on some rocks I can take treat like you did then soak in bleach for a little while then rince off good and add back to the iron out. sometimes doing this will remove some of the brown and turn the left over into a more pretty yellow color and remove quite a bid more of the color from the stone. I my self for the most part tho treat all stones with the works tollit bowl cleaner it seems to actuley remove some of the cloudiness of rocks and bring out the color of some like amethyst after I treat it I like to wash it with a scrub brush and down dish soap them rince off good and let it soak in hot water till its cold then rince again. I noticed one day doing with with some stones then setting them in my windows with the sun hitting them can make coudyness go away some what and make brown fade a little and on amethyst it can make some stones fade a little while other like the stuff from brazil seemed to get darker and more shiny. might be me but people love them when I am dun cleaning them up.
Good job on giving us on what to use for the first step on iron out& why. The second solution and why. It turned out really nice. Congratulations.
is this man made?
Thanks very helpful
I just cleaned a whole batch…mine were heavily covered with the red oxide…I soaked mine in the "Iron Out" solution for two weeks…they are now crystal clear…pun intended…no iron oxide coloration at all…two or three days is not nearly enough time for heavily oxidized crystals…just keep check on them daily.
Nice job. I would have liked to seen it once it dried also after the cleaning…….maybe put that in the beginning of the next video for us. Take care buddy.
Use hot water with iron out ( 2 cups per gallon) and let soak for 6 hours
Sometimes if stuff wont come out in the crevas’ I use a soft bristled toothbrush to scrub it out under running water. *after its been loosened by HCL or other chemicals
Kinda shaped like a reverse africa
that deff looks like citrine very nice piece!
How do i Clean Mine If i don’t have all those fancy stuff…Mine Looks sparkly and i think its White Crystals it’s basically a large rock
Like Rock on. the Outside and Crystals in the inside….you know what i mean
Natural Rock crystal colors less certificate kya hota hey
Could that just be citrine
How much iron out do you use ? Did you use the liquid or the powder ? Also what is a good way to get the calcium deposits off around the quartz to bring out all the quartz ? I started collecting geodes and would love to learn how to expose the quartz alone
This might be good but my phone keeps screwing up
Price please
I was just cleaning my quartz and quartzite but the dirt didn’t came off that easily, imma try vinegar for 2 days or sum
How much can you sell a cluster like this one for?
This was sooo helpful
vinegar is also an idea to get it "crystal clean" and it can take up to only 12 hours to do so.
OXALIC Acid works the best. but I my self recamend using clr soak for 1 day then rince and soak in water for a few houres then soak in OXALIC Acid for a nother day then water for a day. the resin I say use clr and then OXALIC Acid is clr will remove things nothing elce can remove
This is great, thanks for sharing. We have spent many days and nights smelling that particular iron out smell lol
I’ve acquired a few pieces of quarts from my backyard as we live on a mountain I love searching for veins and finding random broken off ones 🙂
Seeing if anyone else thought it was chicken
Very helpful thank you. Just one question, would you mind telling me what the water/acid ratio was please? Cheers