Ivories?

• Oct 14, 2014

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Tony Trietch

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What is the best way to clean these up of all tissues? The last of the soft tissue around them is being very stubborn.
I have them soaking in soapy water now to loosen it but it does not seem to be working. I don't want to scratch them scrapping it off.
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• Oct 14, 2014

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I used hydrogen peroxide.

 

• Oct 14, 2014

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Where the tissue attaches is usually low enough that you're probably not going to do any harm to the ivory. I just use a razor blade or Havalon blade and cut it all off.

 

• Oct 14, 2014

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^^ What he said. Always worked great for me.

 

• Oct 14, 2014

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I use havalon. Then stick them in a can of Copenhagen to give them more color.

 

• Oct 14, 2014

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you can boil them in your kitchen to get all the meat off of them and then put them in your pocket with change and pack them around for a couple of months and they will polish up really nicely. I had a guide friend in MT tell me the pocket trick along time ago.

 

• Oct 15, 2014

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Wasn't sure if boiling would damage them.

 

• Oct 15, 2014

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afteamroper said:

you can boil them in your kitchen to get all the meat off of them and then put them in your pocket with change and pack them around for a couple of months and they will polish up really nicely. I had a guide friend in MT tell me the pocket trick along time ago.

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This is the exact way my dad taught me.

 

• Oct 19, 2014

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Run them through a case tumbler if you have one. dries out the tissue making it easy to peel off, also polishes them up nicely.

 

• Oct 19, 2014

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Boiling them is ok too if you add some cut up carrots, celery, garlic, parsley and barley. Its better if you add a little beef bullion as the soup is a little weak.

 

• Oct 21, 2014

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Thanks guys, I simmered them in H2O for 10 min and the remaining tissue wiped off easily. Have had them in my pants pocket with a handful of coins for past few days. Looking very good!
Thanks!