Stabilize Stone With Opticon.

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[@debbielightnash]

Just a heads up on your vacuum pump, when you turn your pump off with the pot under pressure, you must close off the valve going to the pressure pump because if you don't and you leave the pressure on the hose, it will break the seal in your pump and pull oil into your pressure tank.

[@laray7228]

purple passion... nice

[@kevinunger433]

Great video

[@rawdawgpendants5490]

Can this be done with opal as well?

[@hardwarefixer6822]

I have table top turkey oven tyat works great

[@robbybobby6466]

I use a heat pad under the vacuum chamber to get the opticon heat to 150 degrees. I let it sit over night. It gets into the tight fractures in clear crystal. Just wondering if you have heard this method? That drip looked like condensation.

[@Nancy4133nope]

Kelly this is a great video, its so strange I was just searching for stabilization videos and then yours popped up. What is the brand of the vaccum thingy you use?

[@sonuverma2796]

How much tempreture required after mix hardner and how much to bake it, after mixed hardner

[@kathybradbury]

Can option work to fix a broken cabachon? I’d love a tutorial on that

[@daisensei69]

Vacuum pulls the air out, it does not pull the product in, until you turn the vacuum off. Plus unless the rocks are fully submerged your going to pull air back in rather than the resin. Having said that, you are sucking in Part A only, then hoping the Part B from your final coat will mix with the penetrated Part A.
You should really read the instructions for the product again, this is not how they recommend it’s done. Your mixing the two parts at the end and placing in an oven is the only part that is stabilising the rock.

[@donobototron]

can you use an ultrasonic to clean the rock?

[@a.nik5647]

Do you use oven just to dry out the stons? I am told heating is no good for turquoise.

[@stephanielesis7010]

you said its been used longer than youve been using it.lol i have to subscribe to see how this turns out thnx

[@chickencoopblue9813]

If you don’t use enough hardener can you re apply the hardener?

[@paleogeology9554]

Its once and done

[@foreveryoung4417]

What are the specs of your vacuum chamber?

[@daveloo8863]

What brand vacumn chamber do you have?
Any cons with it?

[@suesmith5746]

I either put my container with resin in a bigger container or just use aluminum foil to make a little container. If you get resin in your vacuum pot it is very hard to clean. If you use the pot with different chemicals for different tasks it must be clean.

[@h2s142]

Do a silicone pour in your pot and coat the whole thing

[@domestikgoddez9823]

i'd like to see a what to use list and the name of epoxy. i 'll have to listen t the beginning again for several minutes.....

[@thelapidarychannel4770]

Im using Opticon

[@domestikgoddez9823]

@@thelapidarychannel4770 thanks .. just bought opticon.

[@raregemscreationkhan139]

Hi,
Very useful information you have share to everyone.Dear sir/ma'am please let me know, how many quantity resin & hardner.

[@proukraineanticommie4509]

To me, it appears you can skip a few steps and just vacuum seal with the hardner and skip the first step all together.

[@domestikgoddez9823]

i am a newbie but i heard it as 2 part chemicals, 1 a sealer then a hardener to make the stabilizer harden and set up the stabilizer.....

[@h2s142]

Epoxy 330 + 1 pint acetone mix it