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#22,711
berniechocolate said:
The carvings are amazing . I sometimes wonder if cravers get a headache carving the minute details on extensively carved items . The details are so fine and tiny . Work of art.
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Right?! Also, I'm pretty sure carvers are often paid quite alot for their work especially since they're working on something where every stroke will have an affect on how the jade looks and can't be changed once the dremel's touched the jade, that and they also have to compete with machine carvings just so they can differentiate themselves via minute details + use scrap materials to turn what people normally consider trash into (quite literally) a work of art. :lol:
 
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Alright I'm in abit of a dilemma and need help from you jadies. 2 of my jade piece got some seemingly deep dye stains that weren't there when I purchased them and was wondering how effective vinegar + hot water w/ soap solution is with cleaning dye stains that may have been left for a seemingly long time, and if the structural integrity won't be affected (knowing vinegar is just diluted acetic acid, just to be sure that I'm not harming my pieces of course).
Thanks in advance!
 
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AJadecent Angle said:
Alright I'm in abit of a dilemma and need help from you jadies. 2 of my jade piece got some seemingly deep dye stains that weren't there when I purchased them and was wondering how effective vinegar + hot water w/ soap solution is with cleaning dye stains that may have been left for a seemingly long time, and if the structural integrity won't be affected (knowing vinegar is just diluted acetic acid, just to be sure that I'm not harming my pieces of course).
Thanks in advance!
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I m not so sure if vinegar is good . Acidic ?

what do you mean by dye stains? Are the jade dyed?

I had a friend who bought a lavender she thought was intensely colored . Brought to gemologist and while it’s grade A , she was told that 抛光粉 polishing powder was used to polish the jade to make it look more “ purple “

Though it technically doesn’t change the structure of it being grade A . As the polish powder is only on the surface . The gemologist refuse to grade it as Grade A . Because there’s intentional attempt to delude any potential buyer / collector .

The intense color is not how the bangle naturally looks and will fade over time . And if anyone get it , they would be deceived into paying a possibly higher price for a lower value lavender. They will only realized this later when the color wears off .

Now this is what I like about the gemologist at Nanyang . They are very conscientious and will only tell u the truth if your item can be graded as A ( natural & free from treatment ) . They will not risk their repute , since the business is independent of gem selling . But to give an ethical review of the item you bought .

So my friend returned the bangle . The seller refunded her the total and put the Bangle in boiling water for awhile to get rid of the powder . The seller claims she’s not aware of this as she’s gotten the bangles from an unscrupulous supplier ?

I m not too sure how you can get yours off . Maybe try soaking in water ? Vinegar sounds too a little too harsh.
 
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berniechocolate said:
I m not so sure if vinegar is good . Acidic ?

what do you mean by dye stains? Are the jade dyed?

I had a friend who bought a lavender she thought was intensely colored . Brought to gemologist and while it’s grade A , she was told that 抛光粉 polishing powder was used to polish the jade to make it look more “ purple “

Though it technically doesn’t change the structure of it being grade A . As the polish powder is only on the surface . The gemologist refuse to grade it as Grade A . Because there’s intentional attempt to delude any potential buyer / collector .

The intense color is not how the bangle naturally looks and will fade over time . And if anyone get it , they would be deceived into paying a possibly higher price for a lower value lavender. They will only realized this later when the color wears off .

Now this is what I like about the gemologist at Nanyang . They are very conscientious and will only tell u the truth if your item can be graded as A ( natural & free from treatment ) . They will not risk their repute , since the business is independent of gem selling . But to give an ethical review of the item you bought .

So my friend returned the bangle . The seller refunded her the total and put the Bangle in boiling water for awhile to get rid of the powder . The seller claims she’s not aware of this as she’s gotten the bangles from an unscrupulous supplier ?

I m not too sure how you can get yours off . Maybe try soaking in water ? Vinegar sounds too a little too harsh.
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Yeah, it definitely isn’t polishing powder, it’s some sort of pink residue that’s stuck onto the surface and penetrated into the cracks, but it’s very stubborn to get off as a result, I diluted it with distilled vinegar (5% acetic + 95% water type) with hot tap water + soap mixed together and seemed to have removed it slightly after it sat for 15-20 minutes, but it’s still noticeable if looked closely. Worse is I don’t even know what type of stain it is or where it came from. :annoyed:
 
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AJadecent Angle said:
Alright I'm in abit of a dilemma and need help from you jadies. 2 of my jade piece got some seemingly deep dye stains that weren't there when I purchased them and was wondering how effective vinegar + hot water w/ soap solution is with cleaning dye stains that may have been left for a seemingly long time, and if the structural integrity won't be affected (knowing vinegar is just diluted acetic acid, just to be sure that I'm not harming my pieces of course).
Thanks in advance!
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AJadecent Angle said:
Alright I'm in abit of a dilemma and need help from you jadies. 2 of my jade piece got some seemingly deep dye stains that weren't there when I purchased them and was wondering how effective vinegar + hot water w/ soap solution is with cleaning dye stains that may have been left for a seemingly long time, and if the structural integrity won't be affected (knowing vinegar is just diluted acetic acid, just to be sure that I'm not harming my pieces of course).
Thanks in advance!
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Maybe it was dye from what it was sitting on? My go to for everything is soaking in baby oil lol. I do remember a suggestion in the past about using acetone on grade A pieces only to remove polishing powder. I’m not sure it that would work for your piece but that is all I can remember being used to remove stuff from jade.
 
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Cyanide Rose said:
Maybe it was dye from what it was sitting on? My go to for everything is soaking in baby oil lol. I do remember a suggestion in the past about using acetone on grade A pieces only to remove polishing powder. I’m not sure it that would work for your piece but that is all I can remember being used to remove stuff from jade.
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Yeah most likely would be whatever dye the jade’s been sitting on (which to be honest could be anything of cloth material thinking about it again). Also I’m the same to with dunking my precious pet rocks into baby oil :lol:
Also I could use acetone as well but that would definitely result in my pieces still looking like a vampire just decided to do his way with my pieces, and I can’t rely myself with waxing it since I know I would mess it up somehow.
 
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