[Jewelry making - Article 00415] - Re: [Orchid] Removing epoxy

[C Roussel]

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    Hello all, this may not work for some jobs but when cutters use
    epoxy for glueing stones to dop sticks all you need to do to release
    them is to dip into hot water [not boiling] and the stones come off
    very easily. It probably doesn't remove the glue but it  loosens the
    grip. But take care not to put a very cold stone into hot water,
    make sure  the stone is at least at room temperature before dunking. 

    This seems to be the least harmful way of solving this problem, to
    the stone and also to the jewellers health. 

    Also thanks to Andrew for the info on Amber, very interesting. Once
    again the collective knowledge of the orchid members is awesome. 

Christine Roussel

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