I have a small handfull of beautiful small and tiny coloured shells I collected from the beach last weekend. Should I keep them in jar, should I keep them in water, should I sterilise or treat them in any way?
2006-11-09 12:44:31 · 6 answers · asked by SmokeyGun 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
13years ago we went to the beach and even collected a starfish just rinse them in a drainer and the let them dry by theirself and then set them in a basket or you can glue them to mirrors, paper or a jar should be fine you could probably put them back in a little sand in the jar.
2006-11-09 12:50:01 · answer #1 · answered by Gypsy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
extremely in Victoria Australia. that is not unlawful to collect shells from the coastline except you're in a countrywide park. In national parks there may well be different regulations that are particular to the park yet those could needless to say signed. i don't understand of any park the place you are able to not assemble shells even with the undeniable fact that that is a minimum of something to talk. there is countless confusion in Victoria brought about with the help of the shellfish signs and indications. In Victoria there are distinctive components the place that is unlawful to collect shellFISH from the intertidal zone. In those components there are vast signs and indications that have photographs of countless shellfish and a hand with a super pink bypass by it. human beings interpret this sign to recommend that that is unlawful to collect shells from the coastline. that is often surprisingly stressful as human beings will see you with shells and factor to the signs and indications make all varieties of rubbish up. in case you desire to sell what you assemble then you definately could positioned money right into a fossicking license and you will possibly want a enable to export some species.
2016-11-23 13:27:27 · answer #2 · answered by barreda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If any of them are conch type shells, it's possible there's still a skeleton inside. And it will cause an odor.
Definitely wash them, air dry them and then "paint" them with ModPodge. It will seal up the holes.
If you have any tiny enough, they look cute arranged on a wooden picture frame. The medium size ones can be made into magnets, with the disk type magnet available at Michaels, WalMart.,etc...
2006-11-09 23:29:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer to sterilize them.
I just boil them for a few minutes with a few drops of bleach. Air dry.
Also there is no possibility of them developing an unpleasant odor this way.
2006-11-09 15:44:45 · answer #4 · answered by chyrelanne 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All you have to do is wash them and let them air dry and they will be fine. If you let them sit out wash them whenever they are dusty. I had a nice collection when I was a kid. They will last years.
2006-11-09 12:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by pinkrosegreeneyes bluerose 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
WASH-CLEAN
SPRAY WITH CLEAR POLYUREATHENE
2006-11-09 12:51:48 · answer #6 · answered by cork 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋