Nice video! That’s interesting seeing that you saturated it with oil first. I have always just put it into acetone directly. But, you can’t argue with success. Congrats!

After being told by a jeweler that my super cloudy/yellow opal engagement ring was a lost cause, I found you on reddit and tried this as a last resort. This totally saved it and brought it back to the original quality. Thank you so much ❤

This totally worked for me. I don’t know what kind of opal I have here (I just don’t know enough about them) but after a couple of years of seeing my daughter’s necklace hanging in her closet and knowing she was sad that it was now an ugly solid greenish yellow color (like an ugly mood ring) that she no longer wanted to wear, I asked her to let me take a shot at trying to “fix” it. I found your video five days ago. Not knowing how acetone would affect the entire pendant, I gently removed the opal and submerged it by itself in a glass jar of fingernail polish remover with acetone (with a lid-following your directions). I did swish it around a few times each day for four days. It looked the same every time I checked on it. Last night (day four) I took it out and laid it on a paper towel, face up, to air dry. I checked on it 10 minutes later and, although it still basically looked the same, I thought I was starting to see one tiny speck of fire. I wish I would have checked on it more regularly so I could have watched the transformation but I accidentally forgot about it for 2 hours. When I checked again . . . FIRE!! I turned it over to give the bottom a chance to air out more freely. I woke up this morning and it’s even more firey than it was when my daughter first got it (must not have been it’s original brilliance even then)! I’m going to give it the rest of today to let air circulate around it more before putting it back in its setting but I’m already extremely impressed with how well this has worked. Thank you SO MUCH for making this video-I can hardly wait to see the look on my daughter’s face when I surprise her with her revived opal! (Side notes: not knowing enough about opals, my daughter wore this pendant 24/7. It had been exposed to daily showers, touching, probably hairspray or at least it’s fumes, hand lotion, sunlight, ocean water, sunscreen, body oils, sweat, and hot tubs. It’s original brilliance was poor to begin with. It went completely cloudy within about two months of this wear. Now it had been hanging in her closet for at least two years with zero brilliance. In 4 days, the acetone soak has restored more fire than it was revealing at the time of original purchase).

This is important info as Ethiopian opals eventually take over the market. Great job!!!

That was smart. I would have thought that acetone-to-air might crack the stone (drying too fast). I did a number of variations of “rapidly drying” Welo opal in a video. Putting wet stones in with silica gel was harsh! It appears that “drying out” is the main cause of cracking in Ethiopian opal.

I just want to thank you so much for this video! My wedding ring had gone completely translucent and I tried everything to get the fire back and nothing worked. I was ready to give up on it and I tried this. OMG it worked the fire is back and I can’t thank you enough!❤

This is awesome and super informative! I'll definitely try this out with some of my opals that absorbed oils.

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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I followed exactly and repaired a coconut oil damaged ring! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

This video is pretty amazing really

Amazing!! It works with my Ethiopian opal bracelet, thank you!

Thank you for sharing.

Very similar to my process.

Ur amazing

I love that yogurt lol I keep the same jars to soak my opal in acetone😂

I just tried it! up my opal look so good now. it was pale yellow to begin with

I have an opal engagement ring that just came back from the jewelry after being cloudy and scratched and it’s totally crystal clear! I am getting married in a week but I’m nervous to put the whole setting in an acetone bath 😬

Thank you so much for your video, it worked wonders for my opals that had turned brown. I am so happy!! They are so much better and so relieved. I wanted to ask your advice - as they are not quite back to normal. Is it possible to repeat the process and do the four-day acetone soak a second time to get a better result?

Mine accidentally went in the wash making it yellow and translucent. Did it only for 24 hours as I was scared of soaking it longer. It went a dark amber colour in the acetone. Once I took it out it became milky again. But it still has a yellow tinge not as turquoise as when I bought it. But it looks much better and happy I did it.

I've got an opal ring and all the stones are okay except one on the end, which has gone a sort of greeny brown and is transparent. Can I out the whole ring in acetone? I don;t want to ruin the other stones or the 9ct gold! I've shown a jewllwer who's told me that stone needs replacing. Don;t know what to do! but the ring is unwearable

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That's a cool video man ! But what about lemon opal so called fire mexican opal, with no sparkles, I have a few and they became cloudy and milky, as they are hydrophane, oil might clear the cloudiness, do you have an opinion on that, (found a GIA article on oil and Opticon treatment) thanks 🍻

Just put my opal choker in a acetone bath. Excited to see how the color comes back after a few days. After they have been sitting. Do I pat them dry after coming out? Or just let them sit and air dry?

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Thanks for the experiment! Do you know if ethiopian opals are affected by vinegar? Im considering using vinegar to clean the metals on jewelry but not sure if it affects the stone.

Do you think new opal welo jewelry should be stored in a water jar to avoid it turning to yellow ? Or maybe cleaning it carefully after wearing it ? Or not store it at all in a box ? My opal pendants from years ago have all turned to yellow. So I will be trying your tip.

I found you on reddit, so my opal ring does not have a hole in the back and the stone is pretty well set into it. It's a stainless steel ring, the opal turned completely yellow. Am I able to still do this process?

What acid you used at end brother?

Hi, I have read that if it turns yellow, there's not much I could do to regain it's original state. Would doing this help?

Can I soak my 925 silver opal pendants which has turn translucent in acetone?

Do I have to soak it in the oil first? Or can I just use the acetone? And does acetone percentage matter? I have a ring where the main stone is opal and it’s yellowed but the side stones are alexandrite, do you know if that’s okay?

Can I soak an uncut welo opal in acetone to bring its color back? It’s becoming clear because of occasional handling

How to heal cracks of opal brother kindly reply

So can I use coconut oil on an Ethiopian water opal? To regain it's luster?

I'm curious, my opal lost it's color after getting under water. It also got pretty transparent. After letting it dry it is more milky again but still the deep color is missing. What would you recommend? Putting it in acetone? Or first in room temperature oil? And which one? Would be really my last save! Thank you 🙏🏻

My opal has turned transparent yellowish and has turned black around the corner of silver plating. It's a pendant. Please help me to restore to it's original form with fire

I just found you. My wife and I recently returned from Australia where I bought a pair of boulder opal earrings. That evening she went into the hotel pool while wearing them. The pool water had a salty taste. What was originally primarily green with large flecks of blue and small spots of red is now almost entirely green. Are you familiar with boulder opals? Do you recommend anything which will bring back the colors but not damage the bonded stone and opal? I would greatly appreciate any information, even if it is directions to someone else who could help. Hope you are able to enjoy this season. Daniel G.

Would rubbing alcohol do the same?

I have opal with a white base, my Opal also seems to absorb a little of the oil that is between the claws of the teeth on the ring, and changes the side that is affected by the oil to become clear. how do you get the basic color of opal back to normal

hi! what does the opal look like when it’s in the acetone? Do you not see change until you take it out after and let it dry?

I have a question i need help with I bought some Ethiopian blue electric opal and it has some purple in there to when the light gets it and it's only 1.40 caret in size it's fully natural opal no smoked or dyed but the seller said the opal is corrected by colour innings what dose this mean

Hey my opal was blue but lost its color and is now yellow how can i fix this?

Does that mean I can soak my opal ring in acetone for 4 days to make it regains its colors? I have an opal pendant on my necklace, which I wear it all the time. After a few months, I realized that my opal turns brown and doesn’t have any other rainbow colors anymore.

Just tried the acetone bath on my opals. I did it several days long, then I let dry then did it again. I repeated on just one opal. One day acetone became slightly yellow. Then I put it in water and later some crevices appeared. My opal is drying now but still Yellow and a chip is missing…😟

My jeweler cleaned my opal ring with an ultrasonic and ammonia, my white base opals look like dark amber. Will this help?

My beautiful opal ring went yellow, clear, and foggy after only 7 months. The jeweler I bought it from told me to occasionally soak it overnight in mineral water, but that only made it worse. I saw this video and a reddit post by someone who had successfully restored her ring following your method. So I tried it. I just took my ring out of the acetone after 2.5 days and the opal broke! I'm so sad. Is there a reason this could have happened that I wasn't aware of? (The stone was one piece, not a doublet or triplet.) However, it's only been drying for a few minutes and the fire is already so much better and the stone (both pieces) is turning white again. I might try to glue the pieces back together as a temporary fix until I can afford to replace it. But I'm worried about how to clean a future stone without it breaking as well. Thanks for any advice!

Can i clean it with vodka? Please reply

Can I use vegetable oil ?

Can this work for Ethiopian that gets water on it and turns to glass?

It worked for my Ethiopian opal. But I just soaked it overnight. I can still see some transparent part inside. Should I soak it for 3-4 days?

so is acetone 100% safe for opals? mine has turned yellow and I would like it to be as beautiful as when I bought it, but knowing how delicate they are I'm terrified of ruining or cracking it

Just any regular acetone works?

Stop giving wrong information man! This in fact destroyed the opals completely.

Why not just buy FINE OPAL TO BEGIN WITH? THESE are commercial grade at best. As a fine bench jeweler since 1969 and opal buyer cutter seller since 1973 my 2 cents. Ethiopian opals since 2008 have been my love. Buy the Best....