Thanks' some of the locals use muriatic also I have a couple pieces soaking in it as we speak. My son's afraid I'll ruin it so I'm only allotted a couple at a time lol .
Does the muriatic acid turn the quartz chalky white? I’ve heard a ultra sonic cleaner makes all the difference.
To be honest with you, I usually soak my nuggies for just a couple hrs or maybe overnight to remove rust and maybe some host dirt. If I want to lighten up some quarts I seem to gravitate towards the Whink but once again, I'm too impatient to soak with either muriatic or the hydroflouric (whink) for more than a few days so I'm not the one to really comment ? I do "think" the muriatic will not dissolve the quartz but the Hydroflouric will over time
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That’s a nice one, I like it just as it is. A friend had access to medical grade ultra sonic cleaner and it does wonders with just warm dish water.To be honest with you, I usually soak my nuggies for just a couple hrs or maybe overnight to remove rust and maybe some host dirt. If I want to lighten up some quarts I seem to gravitate towards the Whink but once again, I'm too impatient to soak with either muriatic or the hydroflouric (whink) for more than a few days so I'm not the one to really comment ? I do "think" the muriatic will not dissolve the quartz but the Hydroflouric will over time
Here's a Montana nugg that I soaked for 5-6 days with both Hydro and muriatic seperatley and could not get what I thought was quartz host to lighten up...not one bit? Have no idea what the host rock is and don't really care but I did try and lighten it up with no success what so ever..... This is the only one I've soaked for any real length of time.....
How exciting for you guys!
sorry for the semi hijack. Talk of cleaning prompted me to start a Whink soak last night of the Montana nugg above and we'll see what happens in a week.... I'll keep you guys posted. It'll be another 30-40 days before I can get back out in the brush to start next season...snow.
No hijack I asked what was used to clean gold thanks for the post. I just started a Whink soak myself all night in phosphoric acid water rinse. Wow gold showing already this one is a slug - weight and a photo shoot when finished cleaning.
I’m half tempted to buy the Hornady case ultra sonic cleaner.
Why the phosphoric acid rinse?
Should have said phosphoric acid soak and water rinse another way to attack the oxidation .
The funny part of this is my son is a relic hunter and just started targeting Gold. His last couple of road trips to Nevada were successful but this one is in our backyard.
