Cleaning River Scum off Rocks
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Let me know if you have any methods for cleaning off your rocks or minerals! I would love to know other ways to cleaning. In this video i use vinegar and bleach.
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Check out this video where we use CITRIC ACID to clean rocks, MUCH BETTER PROCESS! ua-cam.com/video/TmDAaoIq0Xw/v-deo.html
Agate Dad Oof-da! You just about took a little dunk! I’d be afraid to try it, myself, but you’re quite a bit younger than I am. I’m not as flexible as I used to be, nor are my reactions quite as fast! LOL. I think that one big chunk that started disintegrating on you, is river💩😳🤣🤣🤣! Thanks for taking us along!
Hahah I think its river 💩 too! Yeah I have been fairly lucky with falls this winter! Had one bad one where I landed straight on my back on a frozen beach, thought my tiller broke my pinky!
lemon juice is great for cleaning agates. and pyrite crystals or mica flakes are little gold sparkles. I miss summer too!!!!!
So just soak in lemon juice and scrub later or just straight into cleaning with lemon juice??
@@AgateDad I soak mine overnite, then scrub.
Niiiiice! Might have another video idea for my next agate hunt where they're kinda dirty!
The vinegar is #1. Thanks for the cleaning ideas. One other you may try sometime with real bad hard to clean scum is try using muriatic acid on them. There are several clips that show using it on abalone shells and it might work well on rocks.Keep the rockhounding videos coming!
I agree, it's not harsh and does the trick!! I'll have to look into that! Will do my friend! I just saw your email too, will have to get back to you today!
I find patience to be a key factor. 😂🤣😂
Unfortunately i always fail to let the vinegar do its work and end up taking them out before the rhyolte dissolves. Lol
Great video.
Thanks Grace! And it's hard to be patient! I believe I owe you an email, I finally got a PO box!
Man, you're gonna have such an easier time hunting once it's summer compared to last year!! Like swinggin a heavy bat eh?
2:13 mica schist ... the gold sparkles are probably muscovite.
Careful when you see specimens fizzing in bleach. When it's in acid, the bubbles are usually carbon dioxide and hydrogen. But with bleach it can be chlorine gas. Best to leave it outside. And I agree, acid tends to work better anyway.
9:03 looks very weathered, either granite or coarse quartzite.
If you do use an acid to clean, vinegar or otherwise, it's a good idea to do a "bicarb" rinse (that's what they call baking soda [sodium bicarbonate] in Australia, and I like it better! LOL!) to neutralize. Just a few tbsp of powder in the same volume of warm water as you used acid.
Good call on the bleach fizzing, didnt even think about that being ahazard!! This spring and summer is going to be great! So many spots to hit up! Hopefully up north too!
Haha! Bicarb soda 😉👍 Aussie Aussie Aussie
@@Rookie_Rockounding *Said in the voice of Leonard Nimoy "It is the more logical choice".
I don't have the right to complain about the cold ever again after seeing what you do 😂
Haha oh man, I know you're busy, but check out this upcoming fridays video, it is way colder 🥶 thanks for watching though!
But I use muratic acid to clean some rocks and crystals it works pretty well
Thanks man!
Hi. I lately had a bucket of river rocks that were just black because of all the scum on them. I put them in citric acid over night and the scum was gone. Then I put them in soda and those with iron staining in our equivalent of "iron out". Worked perfect.
Interesting! Where do you get citric acid?
@@AgateDad In Germany you can buy it as powder in every drugstore and bigger supermarket. It is often used to remove the lime e.g. in the water heater. Doesn't smell as bad as vinegar.
Rookie Rockhounding did a video about using citric acid for rock cleaning some time ago.
Cool thanks 👍
I have used citric acid twice and it really worked well. You can buy it at most grocery stores in powder form. I received this tip on youtube. It is not expensive either. About 4 to 6 hours will do. Havagudun Taylor.
Very cool! Another good idea to try!
Also, your "uff da" when you almost fell in the creek made me grin.
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I just got a tip you might try.... get some lime away and soak it in that. I'm to try it with some petrified wood I've gathered... that has an outer crust to it
I'll let you know the results
Can't wait to hear the results!!
didn't work for me... so to me it was a bust
@@billywhitehorn6397 shoot!
True treasure hunt, mystery bag of rocks. I like to use the vinegar and soap with warm water soak myself. ♥️
That's usually my go to, I might try bleach on my next agate hunt when they're dirty from a gravel pit or something. It seemed to do good work on slick surfaces!
When you can see through a smal piece I think it is a form of mica. I found a lot of those on holyday in Austria. The rivers there are loaded with them.
That's really cool, and what a holiday! Sounds amazing!
Muriatic Acid is what I use, and it can be found at any pool supply store.
Good info, didn't know that! Thanks William!
The vinegar definitely looks better. Thanks for sharing this with us. That's good to know. Good tip above though with the citric acid. I have some rocks that are pretty dirty. Thanks Taylor.
I have been watching a fella out of WI that pans for gold in the rivers. He does find gold flakes and still doing in the winter. Another fella Joel finds gold in Lake Superior. You just never know ! If you add baking soda to the vinegar it creates a volcanic erosion effect that really fizzes up. But be prepared it will foam over your container. Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed :)
Interesting! Is that Flour Gold guy? I would love to get into planning gold, never tried it though!
Mika is fools gold. It shines in the sun like gold but dims in the shade. You should give panning ago, you never know a 2 pound nugget could be under your feet 😁
How awesome would that be!
@@AgateDad Yep Flour Gold Wizards
I tried iron out on some really stained rocks. Works ok. Vinegar and dawn soap first. Thinking of trying muratic acid next time. Safety!!!!
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You've got the eye for catching a good scene, could make Northwoods relaxation vids to help people sleep...
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I use citric acid to clean my rocks. It works great!
I have to try that! So many people suggesting that!
I learned that from Jesse (Rookie) lol! I've learned alot from him and I know I'll learn alot from you too. I truly love your vids and find mysef looking forward to yours like I do Jessie's since subscribing to your channel
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Pyrite flakes fools gold , beautiful day but cold 🥶, interesting comparison, ☺️
A nice day out. We have had rain for 2 weeks almost continuous. I'll trade you for the cold weather and some blue sky.
That doesn't sound very fun Tim! some rain would help melt all this snow though..so maybe some rain would be a good trade!
We are supposed to finally get some sun tomorrow and a pretty low tide, so I'll be off Rockhounding.
@@timcarver5492 good for you!! I hope you have some success, youll have to let me know how it goes!
What % vinegar and dilution rate? Thanks…music has inspired a nap.
did you ever stop and think that some of the rocks you have with the black on them .might be old wore down fusion crust from a meteorite that didnt burn up like it was suppose to?
Just wanted to make a comment in regards to the bleach I was thinking you should of Soaked the rocks all for 24 hours just to say you were making it equal time. Because bleach works great on scum but it doesn't always work either. But as for the test I think you did good and you gave me ideas as well. So thanks Ray in Idaho
Great video. I use vinegar or CLR. I also saw a video and they used Lysol, according to them it has muriatic acid but I never tried it though. Hey Agate Dad, I sent you an email, my rocks are ready for you. In case you have not read it, I want yo send you some chalcedony and agates I gathered from Saddle mountain Arizona. Best regards to you and your wifey Kim. And we will keep on watching here.
Good info! I am going to get back to you very soon! Also, check the comments in the giveaway video, your guess of 168 was chosen already so if you could, make another guess!
I sent you an email btw!
i'm surprised that there is open water in February in Minnesota! Has it been less cold than usual? Good video. :)
It has been a bit warmer, and this brook has been frozen most of winter so I believe it was just lucky timing lol thanks so much!
What tool did you use to get the rocks out of the river?
Thats a pegmatite. With the gold looking flakes in it
Citric acid is also good Taylor xx
Thanks Klaire! What's your process for using it?
Are you thinking it might be Marcasite since its closely related to pyrite, its just my guess because I find a lot of little gold looking flakes here on the Yellowstone and think its one of the two
Honestly, never heard of Marcasite! That's super cool though, and yeah Pyrite, huge brain freeze lol DOH!
Should have brought your fishing rod lol oxy clean works great
I'll have to bust that bad boy out of storage one of these days!!
Hi there. I’ve seen currently rockhounding guy use a scoop like this and he made his. Did you make yours or did you buy it? I’m wondering where I can get one. Thanks in advance. Love watching your videos over here in STL
I use a 42” treasure scoop from Kingsley North and a larger one from CKG linktr.ee/AgateDad
@@AgateDad thanks so much.
Where did you get that contraption you're using?
I need to find something like that
that because vinegar is a type of acid
THanks!
Pyrite
You sound like dream
Thanks
Ik I’m 2 years late but it’s Pyrite
Does MN have pyrite?
pyrite
I tried citric acid and it put a white layer on my rocks, very strange!
Interesting! I noticed that on a few of mine too.. might have to rethink that method
@@AgateDad maybe. I haven't heard anything bad about vinegar so far, so maybe that is the way to go. Else I just have to scrub them ;)
iron pyrite
Thanks!
@@AgateDad hit it with a hammer lol
use citric acid
leave them in citric acid for 24 hrs
then take soda to deal with the citric acid
Thanks for the instructions, I always wondered what the process was, appreciate it!
@@AgateDad not a problem. watched an aussie go thru the process... that's why I passed on the information
but you might be careful of how some citric acid reacts with some stone. might not be the result you want
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