Tom, this is not related to "cleaning without
chemicals", just a little note to thank you for a
very nice issue of American Conchologist. And
yes, it was meant to be sent to the whole list.
Cheers,
José
At 01:37 PM 11/01/06, you wrote:
>I also have and use an ultrasonic cleaner (meant for jewelry). I use a few
>drops of dish washing soap and tap water - it does a great job. It is not
>meant for encrusted material, but on dirt and grime it works perfectly. The
>really nice thing is that you can clean small and delicate freshwater
>shells. While it is true that an ultrasonic jewelry cleaner is limited to
>fairly small shells, the larger ones can be cleaned with a toothbrush
>anyway.
>
>Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
>
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>Marcus Coltro
>Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:01 AM
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>
>I have one of these ultrasonic cleaners (a small tank) which never gave any
>satisfactory results. I
>only used with plain water but someone told me it is necessary to use some
>sort of proper special
>liquid to remove dirt.
>
>Marcus
>
>-----Mensagem original-----
>De: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Em nome de Monfils,
>Paul
>Enviada em: quarta-feira, 1 de novembro de 2006 12:18
>Para: [log in to unmask]
>Assunto: Re: Cleaning without chemicals
>
>The answer to your question is ... sonicate! A small ultrasonic cleaner
>isn't too expensive, and it will remove every trace of sand and dirt and
>grit from a shell in a few seconds, while being very gentle to the shell
>itself. There are always many ultrasonic cleaners available on EBay. Some
>are quite large and powerful, and expensive. But many of them are small and
>inexpensive.
>
>Paul M.
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