How to REMOVE shellac off of your jewellery? => 9 photos

 Once the item is secured on the shellac and subsequently finished, the item must be removed and thoroughly cleaned. 

 I prefer to put my gemstone setting and engraving on my 'shellac sticks' instead of buying the expensive 'pin-locking' systems.

 

  I made sure that the silver plate was secured for my engraving, I needed this plate to be also secured with extra shellac underneath.

 How am I to loosen the silver plate? I used my "Benzo-Matic" mini-torch and very gently heated the shellac to 'release' the plate.

                               The 'cleaning process' is now about to start.

   I placed my silver plate into a jar of "METHYL HYDRATE". 

 I have two ultrasonic cleaning tanks, I but I chose the stronger acting tank shown in the next few photos. 

 With this stronger vibrating tank, this particular tank comes with a 8 minute timer. This cleaned my engraved silver plate in approximately 10 minutes. FAST and very thorough.

 Every few minutes, I removed the plate just to examine the 'cleaning progress'.

 On the dial, I discovered that 7 minutes wasn't long enough for a thorough cleaning. Back into the "METHYL HYDRATE-bath" it went again!

 In a 'total immersion' time of exactly 10 minutes, my plate was then completely cleaned. Time was not a factor, but to have it cleaned was my intention.

By the way, this engraving was not engraved with the aid of any 'CAD' (Computer Aided Designing).This is because I wanted to make any alterations during the engraving stages.