How To Clean Quartz With Iron Out

You can mix it if you would like but it is not necessary.

How to clean quartz with iron out. Add about two tablespoons of iron out crystals it comes in a white dry crystalline powder per gallon of water. When done pour the liquid down the drain and thoroughly rinse your mineral specimens. If you need to clean quartz jewelry use a mild cleaning agent. Cleaning rocks and minerals with super iron out to expose the colors clean up the courts and get rid of any rust colors and rust stains on the rocks. This is a how to video on cleaning quartz crystals and its varieties like amethyst herkimer diamonds smoky quartz agates and other crystals.

Be sure to wear gloves. A short video showing how i clean a decent size quartz crystal cluster. Soak your crystal clusters in the iron out solution for 5 20 minutes up to a maximum of 1 2 hours. First i soak it in iron out for a couple days and then i soak it in hcl for a couple. Quickly place the lid on and place the tub in a safe place.

Put the quartz crystals in a plastic bucket with the oxalic acid and cover the bucket overnight. Add about 1 tablespoon of iron out to a pint of warm water in a plastic bucket or container. Wipe down the jewelry gently then rinse it off. Soak overnight in oxalic acid to remove iron deposits. I used the gel version but there is also a powdered version that i may get next time since we ll be doing this often.

Naval jelly which contains phosphoric acid is sold for getting rust off metal but it works on quartz crystals as well. If you need to clean quartz jewelry that s set in either silver or gold put a little soap on a soft toothbrush or wet cloth.