whiten bone?

[Will52100]

Has anybody ever tried oxyclean or anything similar to clean bone? I'm having an issue with white bone and carbon fiber dust.

I don't want to use something that will damage the bone, it's not stabilized, but would love to have a way to clean it. Next time I'm going with stabilized.

Thanks

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Usually a good scrubbing with a toothbrush and dish soap will get the black dust out of the white bone.

Next time, seal the bone before grinding the adjacent metal or dark material. Grind the bone to near the final size, and apply a soaking coat of CA. Sand the excess off and re-apply a couple times until the pores are sealed. Now, you can grind the bone and adjacent material flush without the dust getting in the pores so bad. When doing the polishing on the metal next to the bone ( or CF), tape off the bone and buff the metal only. After the metal is shiny, tape off the metal and buff only the bone ( with a clean wheel).

 

[Will52100]

Thanks, I have never had this problem before, but the carbon fiber dust gets into everything.