How do you remove the outer material of seashells, so the
mother-of-pearl is exposed? I put a shell into a vibratory tumbler
with ceramic balls and Sunsheen. After four hours, the outer layer
was unaffected (although the mother-of-pearl that was already
exposed is nice and clean now).
Hello janet, the traditional way is to scrape with a specially
shaped knife, but you can also use a dilute solution of bleach,
experiment with dilution strengths first, becuase this method can
work very very quickly… rinse well, too. Have fun, Christine
Christine, You suggested bleach, others suggested CLR
(Calcium-Lime-Rust Remover). So I used both–not at the same
time!–bleach, then CLR, then bleach, then CLR. It worked great.
Thank you!