Wednesday, January 25, 2012

How do you clean sea shells so they do not smell and look good to bring in the house?

and after you boil them, and scrub them, put them in a bucket with some bleach, as that will get out the rest of the smell causing bacteria caught in the cracks

How do you clean sea shells so they do not smell and look good to bring in the house?
PLEASE DO NOT BOIL YOUR SHELLS to clean them or get as a way to get rid of the bad smell!!! Report It
Reply:Cont.....I did a fair bit of research at websites of the professional shell collectors, museums etc %26amp; even talked to some of them through email. A few said to first boil them, HOWEVER I came across alot more who said to ignore websites who tell you to boil them. Report It
Reply:Cont...They told me NOT to boil because it will cause your shells to loose some or all their color (and at the very least the colors will become more dull %26amp; faded) and Report It
Reply:Cont...that boiling them makes them much more brittle and fragile (making them hard to work with for art projects etc and also means they won't last nearly as long). Report It
Reply:Cont...**The most important thing to remember with cleaning %26amp; getting rid of smells is that it depends on the type of shell, they all need to be treated as individuals and quite often need to be treated via a different type of cleaning, deodorising %26amp; preservation method! Report It
Reply:Cont...I suggest that you pick some out, naturally glossy one, iridescent one, fragile one, plain white cockle shell, non-glossy one (if you know your shell's then try pick out one from each different family group). Make sure what you've picked are not your favorite ones Report It
Reply:Cont...%26amp; that you have plenty more of the same left. These shells are your test run's for testing the different cleaning %26amp; smell removing methods i've written below. This way if your shells get ruined, there shouldn't be any tears shed over them ;) Report It
Reply:Cont...The advice that's on 90% of the Professional websites is%26gt;%26gt;%26gt; A toothbrush is the perfect tool for cleaning. Have a soft %26amp; hard one (soft one for shells that are fairly clean to begin with %26amp; for fragile shells, hard one for any that have stubborn barnacles or debris built up on them). Report It
Reply:Cont...Another handy tool is something you can ask your Dentist for his old one, a instrument with a recurved extremity. I use it to remove anything hard %26amp; in the thin lines/grooves of a fan shell or spiral shell %26amp; then the toothbrush, believe me it gets the job done extremely well!! Report It
Reply:Cont...for Iridescent %26amp; fragile shells ONLY dish liquid + water to clean %26amp; get rid of the odour with. Anything else (ESPECIALLY Bleach) will ruin your shell. After cleaning simply rinse off %26amp; pat dry. Don't put fragile ones in the sun to dry as it makes them more brittle! Report It
Reply:soak in bleach %26amp; water... I've lived on the beach all my life %26amp; that's the only way I have found to get rid of the stinky odor!
Reply:Soak them in bleach and water in a bucket overnight. Scrub them with a brush and rinse.
Reply:Bleach?
Reply:boil them
Reply:Do what the third answer, tells you %26amp; they'll be good to go!!
Reply:Good 'ole fashioned soap and water.... And also, painting them with an enamel makes them shiny and glossy... I had a friend do that to some she found at the ocean and the looked great.
Reply:Soak inbleach and water. That kills all the bacteria which is what is causing the odor. Then rinse and scrub well. Dry outdoors.
Reply:Well u can start by soaking it in warm water and keep it for an overnight and dry the sea shell in the sun untill it is completely dry then mix some salt in warm water and put the sea shell in it and clean it. If you want to add colours you can even paint or colour it after it is completely dry. You can also put some design by putting glittering powder to the paint.
Reply:clean water and scrubbing


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