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The beetles were covered in fat

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Seneka, 13.05.2014 13:25

Just a disaster. After a year of storage, almost all beetles (small Sarabidae) were covered with fat (in the form of thick drops, film and puddles in irregularities). The beetles are glued under the side with entomological glue on a plastic corner. Are they really washed, so as not to break or remount?

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13.05.2014 14:43, vafdog

Submerge it in gasoline, unless it dissolves the glue, otherwise you'll have to re-glue it, and I don't think you'll have to re-spread it. Or fiddling with cotton buds.

13.05.2014 14:52, Seneka

Submerge it in gasoline, unless it dissolves the glue, otherwise you'll have to re-glue it, and I don't think you'll have to re-spread it. Or fiddling with cotton buds.

I'm afraid sticks are not an option - I'll break them, there are a lot of beetles, and you need to clean them from all sides. I'll try pure gasoline for electronics.
And in alcohol then is it worth it or not?

13.05.2014 14:54, Victor Titov

I'll try pure gasoline for electronics.

Well-suited gasoline for Zippo lighters.
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13.05.2014 15:21, Dorcus

clean Galosha gasoline or universal degreaser is well suited, I use both.

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14.05.2014 8:51, Shamil Murtazin

Just let me remind you just in case-a plastic corner to start on the reaction to the fat solvent check =) suddenly corrodes or changes color.
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14.05.2014 10:25, vasiliy-feoktistov

An analog of this topic: http://molbiol.ru/forums/index.php?showtopic=408356
And the best way to get rid of fat is Galosha gasoline, both in price and composition. Stop playing tricks with all sorts of "zippos": only in money you will lose wink.gif

This post was edited by vasiliy-feoktistov - 05/14/2014 15: 03
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14.05.2014 20:30, Black Coleopter

And if the already straightened beetle on a pin in gasoline can withstand the paws-the whiskers will not go???

14.05.2014 22:17, Dorcus

And if the already straightened beetle on a pin in gasoline can withstand the paws-the whiskers will not go???



nothing will be

15.05.2014 10:01, OEV

And if the already straightened beetle on a pin in gasoline can withstand the paws-the whiskers will not go???


It is impossible to say unequivocally, small beetles have whiskers and pawsfrown.gif.

13.07.2017 20:59, vafdog

Horses after staining (EtAc) darken, especially noticeable on light spots - is it fat or what? Maybe I don't know something?..

14.07.2017 10:16, AGG

drown them in gasoline/galoshes/nefras

This post was edited by AGG - 14.07.2017 10: 18

14.07.2017 15:54, СаняМухолов

Just need to experiment how much they keep in gasoline. A day, two, three, here I have a cocker fattened, but in three days in gasoline washed off and became like new!)

14.07.2017 20:54, Liparus

Just need to experiment how much they keep in gasoline. A day, two, three, here I have a cocker fattened, but in three days in gasoline washed off and became like new!)

I cleaned horses (beetles) with gasoline, kept them in gasoline for three days, the result is very good, everything was cleaned, everything is normal.!

Cleaned Ktyrei (Satanas gigas), kept 2-3 days, cleared of fat completely!

14.07.2017 20:58, Liparus

Horses after staining (EtAc) darken, especially noticeable on light spots - is it fat or what? Maybe I don't know something?..

Often 80-85% of horses grow fat, white spots become greasy and darken, you need to keep in Gasoline (clean , for example, Galoshes or others) for 3 days, and you can do 4.

Only after they are taken out of the gasoline, do not move their paws, otherwise they will break, the beetles will still be dry.

14.07.2017 21:00, vafdog

thank you all for your answers. I'll try again. I bought a lot of butterflies in gasoline, I haven't tried beetles yet

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