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<p>[QUOTE="borgovan, post: 500885, member: 13016"]Hot water soak: I'd use pretty hot water for at least 30-60 minutes. You may want to dump out the old water and put in new, hot water every 10-15 minutes until finished. The black stuff should be loose by then and can be picked off, if it hasn't come off by itself already.</p><p> </p><p>The acetone should just take several seconds, applied with a cotton swab.</p><p> </p><p>The olive oil soak can go for 1-3 days. </p><p> </p><p>As far as getting off the green stuff, I have no idea. Sometimes it comes off with the previous methods, but not often.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="borgovan, post: 500885, member: 13016"]Hot water soak: I'd use pretty hot water for at least 30-60 minutes. You may want to dump out the old water and put in new, hot water every 10-15 minutes until finished. The black stuff should be loose by then and can be picked off, if it hasn't come off by itself already. The acetone should just take several seconds, applied with a cotton swab. The olive oil soak can go for 1-3 days. As far as getting off the green stuff, I have no idea. Sometimes it comes off with the previous methods, but not often.[/QUOTE]
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