How do you get some serious dust off of windstones?

[Laurie]

I just got a rainbow young dragon and he has some SERIOUS dust on him. I mean the kind of dust that stands up and makes a little dust forest. How can I get this dust off without messing up the paint? I’ve been trying q-tips with water but its not getting all the dust off. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Laurie]

[purpledragonclaw]

I used to use an OLD soft toothbrush on my pieces. I didn’t scrub them, just brushed them like I brush my teeth, gently but thoroughly. No soap, just warm water in the sink. Then I would towel them dry and let them sit for about ten minutes, maybe longer, while I cleaned the rest of my pieces. It got most of the dust out, even in the hard-to-reach places like where the tail is curled or the nooks between toes. You have to be careful with the rubies, though; for some reason their colors run. Hope that helps!

[Anthony]

purpledoggy wrote:

I just got a rainbow young dragon and he has some SERIOUS dust on him. I mean the kind of dust that stands up and makes a little dust forest. How can I get this dust off without messing up the paint? I’ve been trying q-tips with water but its not getting all the dust off. Anyone have any suggestions?

I think someone post about finger nail polish remover, but I’m not 100% on that.

[Kujacker]

I’ve never had THAT much dust, but I normally just use water and cotton balls/swabs.

[Stephanie]

I used canned air. Not sure if that would move mountains, though..

Good luck!

[Jennifer]

Onyxt wrote:

purpledoggy wrote:

I just got a rainbow young dragon and he has some SERIOUS dust on him. I mean the kind of dust that stands up and makes a little dust forest. How can I get this dust off without messing up the paint? I’ve been trying q-tips with water but its not getting all the dust off. Anyone have any suggestions?

I think someone post about finger nail polish remover, but I’m not 100% on that.

Nail polish remover is good at removing… the paint!! 😆 Please don’t use it to try and take dust off.

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[Shawna]

Onyxt wrote:

purpledoggy wrote:

I just got a rainbow young dragon and he has some SERIOUS dust on him. I mean the kind of dust that stands up and makes a little dust forest. How can I get this dust off without messing up the paint? I’ve been trying q-tips with water but its not getting all the dust off. Anyone have any suggestions?

I think someone post about finger nail polish remover, but I’m not 100% on that.

Nail polish remover is only if you want to take off the paint too! DO NOT USE NAIL POLISH REMOVER ON YOUR WINDSTONES!

Okay, done panicking now.

Kyrin

[Anthony]

Kyrin wrote:

Onyxt wrote:

purpledoggy wrote:

I just got a rainbow young dragon and he has some SERIOUS dust on him. I mean the kind of dust that stands up and makes a little dust forest. How can I get this dust off without messing up the paint? I’ve been trying q-tips with water but its not getting all the dust off. Anyone have any suggestions?

I think someone post about finger nail polish remover, but I’m not 100% on that.

Nail polish remover is only if you want to take off the paint too! DO NOT USE NAIL POLISH REMOVER ON YOUR WINDSTONES!

Okay, done panicking now.

Kyrin
Yeah thats why I said not 100% on that xD but now I know to keep the mouth shut for things like this haha

[Shawna]

Onyxt wrote:

Kyrin wrote:

Onyxt wrote:

purpledoggy wrote:

I just got a rainbow young dragon and he has some SERIOUS dust on him. I mean the kind of dust that stands up and makes a little dust forest. How can I get this dust off without messing up the paint? I’ve been trying q-tips with water but its not getting all the dust off. Anyone have any suggestions?

I think someone post about finger nail polish remover, but I’m not 100% on that.

Nail polish remover is only if you want to take off the paint too! DO NOT USE NAIL POLISH REMOVER ON YOUR WINDSTONES!

Okay, done panicking now.

Kyrin
Yeah thats why I said not 100% on that xD but now I know to keep the mouth shut for things like this haha

Nah, don’t worry about it, there are enough of us here who would be able to shout, STOP! Don’t do that!…so even if you goof up on advice, someone will hopefully catch it before any damage is done, so don’t worry too much about it.

Kyrin

[dragonmedley]

Try the warm water over and over and over again, allowing plenty of drying time in between. Everytime, a bit of dust should come off. Eventually, your mountain should become a nice and flat desert 😀

I use the toothbrush and water thing, and I’ve even used a bottle brush to get to the dirt in my white male’s tail curve.

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[Laurie]

I haven’t had a chance to do the water thing yet. My mom came over to see the baby for the 4th time since she was born 2 months ago so I was tied up with that.

[Laurie]

Here he is dust free….

too bad he smells like cigarette smoke. I hate it when people don’t tell you about that in auctions. He is the second windstone I have that smells like an ash tray. There seems to be no way to get the smell out of these guys.

[Stephanie]

Very beautiful!

I got one that smelled a little bit like smoke, and I’ve found that the smell fades over time. I think I read somewhere that gypsum is a porous stone, so all you have to do is let it breathe for a while??

Maybe I’m wrong. 🙂 But hopefully the smell will fade!

[Laurie]

My emerald old warrior came to me drenched in cigarette smoke. He was so bad I smelled him before I opened the box. I would have been upset about it but I got a good deal on him. He still smells 6 months later but not as bad.

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