Micro air abrasion fossil prep on a weird crab [Vaniman Problast]

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This is one of the fossil preps I starting with an air scribe and soon realised that I will need another method to prep it as I was going to damage the coral / growth on that is all over the crab.
I got my hands on a new Vaniman Problast and sifted out some dolomite, catching it between a 100 and 63 micron sieve. 2 hours later I had enough for a bit of prep on that tricky crab, after a bit of a rest of course!
The results are truly outstanding! I can't wait to try this out on some other fossils and see what it can do. Micro air abrasion is now another method I can try on my fossil finds.
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[@jaynehorn151]

Very interesting new toy! Crab looks spectacular!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Jayne!

[@KrisPSouls9258]

That almost reminds me of a tattooing set-up. You got that crab to come out looking good.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Kris! I'll clean him up a bit more still to show him off properly!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for watching everyone! You can access the special Vaniman discount here: www.vaniman.com/product/mobile-problast-80017-mamlambo-discount/ Let me know what fossil I should try and prep with the micro air abrasion next!

[@alexgutierrez3577]

Congrats on the affiliate link :) Very nice work

[@valiantwarrior4517]

Really awesome! I can see how it could be very therapeutic. Great to see your channel getting recognized by a product company. I’m sure it’s going to happen more and more.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Valiant! It's so different to the air scribe, quiet and not so buzzy!

[@valiantwarrior4517]

@@MamlamboFossils I didn’t think about that. Your fingers won’t feel like they still have a glove on when you stop the air abrasion tool. Haha. Does it or the air scribe tools heat up much during use? I do wood burning with what is basically a soldering pencil, after a while, even the handle gets uncomfortably hot. Had to get a heat resistant glove to use for longer work sessions. I know…totally different sort of heat produced by the tools you use. My brain gets obsessed with similarity connections. haha

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@valiantwarrior4517 because of the compressed air rushing through it, it stays nice and cool 😀

[@DOSHIELD]

Beautiful detail you’re able to reveal now. Love how the fossil turned out.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks so much!

[@billrobbins5874]

Wow, absolutely stunning results! Leave the choice up to you. Far more educated in what you're doing. ♥️🦀♥️

[@gregjones2217]

Wonderful prep work

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Greg!!

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

Great new tool! It's always exciting to add to the assortment. And the results look fantastic!

[@LeiopelmaJoe]

That did an amazing job! It would be very cool to see a tour of your prep workshop and a tool tour video at some point.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for the idea! I'll add it to the list!

[@alwoodsmodellingmayhem]

That is a great new toy for you to play with my friend and the results are wonderful. Your first voucher code!!! Yeah.👏👏 Stay safe.👍👍😉

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahahah I need a catch phrase now!

[@alwoodsmodellingmayhem]

@@MamlamboFossils Not sure "I've got crabs" would be a good one!!! 😂😂👍👍😉

[@pattysherwood7091]

I love my bead blaster . This is so interesting!

[@karenuntz6514]

Works beautifully!

[@MamlamboFossils]

It really does!

[@SteveHolst]

Very cool new tool!

[@MamlamboFossils]

So much fun!

[@kimberlycorliss9616]

Very cool fossil! The Vaniman definitely brought out the details.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It did! I'm going to work on it again tonight!

[@mutt3162]

That's awesome! I love the cool pattern on the carapace.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yeah, it's very cool! Not sure if it's animal or mineral yet

[@mutt3162]

@@MamlamboFossils or alien 👽 cue eerie music

[@josephcormier5974]

That's so cool this should open up so many opportunities thank you for sharing this six stars brother

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Joseph! Another tool in the tool belt!

[@jeremiahmcafee3816]

So nice. Gotta be the best crab . Minus big pappa

[@robbybobby6466]

Exceptional results. I can see how that will help you in the future.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Robby! I really enjoyed using it!

[@stephenarmstrong7354]

Great job. Have fun.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Stephen!

[@linuskorff4074]

It really is surprising how well that worked. And the deatail was revealed really nice.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Linus! It does work really, really well!

[@linuskorff4074]

@@MamlamboFossils I can tell that you really know what to do when you prep Fossils.

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@linuskorff4074 Thanks, I'm still definitely learning each time!

[@maryhernandezwalker1528]

Congratulations on your sand blaster! 🤩❤🤍💙

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Mary, it's pretty cool!

[@samuelhodge2848]

Awesome crab mate! Very unique

[@MamlamboFossils]

It really is! Checking out your email now, just had to get this video done 😁

[@skoitch]

I would recommend glass bead to preserve the fine details

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'll see if I can find some to test, thanks!

[@willbejamming1532]

Wow. Game changer. Cool.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It's a really fun tool as well! Very satisfying!

[@garydargan6]

Be interesting to see how the pyrite stands up over time, particularly after the consolidation with Butvar.

[@a3skywarrior929]

Great addition! I used to use a sandblaster for cleaning old tools and things found metal detecting. I can see the fun in that 👌! A very needed tool for your "prep" toolbox 🧰 😀

[@MamlamboFossils]

Oooh, I haven't even tried it on my metal detecting finds!

[@a3skywarrior929]

Congrats on your first code! Hope that they gave it to you for a song (short song 🎵) (inexpensive) 😉! We just don't have the fossils here but a few Crinoids and bi-valves. If or when I can get to better specimens; this is the most important tool behind the Dremel. 🍻 👏

[@phyternl]

So clean! :D

[@MamlamboFossils]

And it's so satisfying!

[@quietone748]

Mmmm Dolomite cakes! Bit hard on the teeth, I'm afraid 😄

[@jeremiahmcafee3816]

So cool

[@kakejaco8702]

awesome video

[@hiddentruth1982]

I do know some restorers use nut hulls to take away rust and paint. don't know how well that will work for what you are doing as it may not remove the sediment.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I've seen the walnut media, I just need it very, very fine which might be a challenge.

[@Bartyron]

You can build the meshes onto a wooden base which is mounted on 3 or 4 springs with a sanding machine underneath. That way you don't have to dry it in the oven.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Ooooh I like this idea! I'll see if I can do this

[@Bartyron]

@@MamlamboFossils there are many videos on YT. Search for 'poor man's ultrasonic cleaner' or 'ultrasonic cleaner with sanding machine' It can be applied to sifting sand. 👍

[@user-dq1yv3bb4c]

so special

[@MamlamboFossils]

And very shiny!

[@talcadetector4018]

Excelente, amigo 🙋‍♂️🇨🇱🤝👏👍⛏️

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks bro!!

[@D989501L]

Hello , could it be an ancient type of Dresser Crab, the ones that stick vegetation and coral to themselves for camouflage and to entice food towards them, as the veins look like seaweed roots. Only an idea. Great gadget though, a bit more accurate and quicker than acid dipping. Regards Richard 🇬🇧

[@MamlamboFossils]

I don't think it's a dresser crab, these were very deep water - Tumidocarcinus giganteus is the species. It's a great tool, different applications than acid

[@D989501L]

@@MamlamboFossils I see, thanks. Regards Richard 🇬🇧

[@Bothriolepis]

California, Germany, Indonesia, and of course, New Zealand.

[@MamlamboFossils]

So many countries!

[@CoinSilver800]

Very cool, I wonder how that unit would work on those Lobsters that you found... or were they crayfish... regardless, I believe you mentioned they were really hard to work with with the methods you've had access to because they are so fragile. I wonder how this would work?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I am going to try this out on them, let's see how it goes!

[@zennbeejones9526]

Cool tool 😎

[@MamlamboFossils]

So much fun to use!

[@homeharconnen1748]

Amazing 🦀

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mrmcphilsconfidential8562]

Works beautifully! Uhm, just polish up one of your bigger crabs, you already prepped.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'll see if I have one that needs it 😀

[@littlebuttons]

The traces on the carapace and claw look a bit like serpulid worm tubes, but I could be wrong.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Geology Johnson said the same thing, after I googled it, it looks like a possibility!

[@koolmoedee10000]

10/10 love your work

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks so much!!

[@geologyjohnson7700]

Looks very cool, nice job. I wonder if those branching growths could be serpulid worm tubes? It suggests that the shell was sat on the seabed for a while before burial. Totes jelly of your set up too. I've got a bunch of stuff waiting for prep but I don't have gear, or the space to put it atm.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I have no idea what the growths are, I've just posted on thefossilforum.com asking that question. Serpulid worm tubes (after I googled it!) seems like a good match. The problem I have is space as well, also being in NZ it's very difficult to get any gear in without doubling the price because of shipping! The dream is to have a large shed with a gantry so I can move the larger blocks in and out of acid vats 😁

[@patifagan6774]

Very interesting

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks Pati!

[@baconsoda]

THat's brilliant! I know people who use baking soda as an air abrasive but that's for removing rust etc so it might be too abrasive for your use. Best Wishes, Brendan.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I couldn't get my hands on baking soda, but I would like to try it out as well

[@Lilith-Rose]

@@MamlamboFossils it goes by bicarbonate of soda and sodium bicarbonate as well (all the same thing) depending on where you live and where you get it from etc

[@impunitythebagpuss]

Complicated but fantastic results! Wow! Fun for you!.....and your long suffering wife! Hahahaha!

[@rafakozowski8171]

Cool

[@johnpayne2465]

Iron, might it leave rust deposits? I know you'll test it first. Looks like a good tool.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm unsure what the iron powder will do but it's used quite a bit in fossil prepping. I think it can make the fossil a darker color.

[@Ken_G.]

I think the turtle skull might be a good contender. All of those nooks and crannies are just made for this machine.

[@MamlamboFossils]

The acid is working great on it, acid will probably still be my first choice for bone.

[@VeeVets]

Maybe some walnut shell for the blast material.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I need to find a source here in New Zealand

[@2flight]

thank you thank you!!!

[@jimbracknell5648]

I usually get dolomite from ceramic and clay suppliers.

[@marco.trevisan]

Amazing! As an amateur beginner fossil hunter I find many in the beach from the Carboniferous here in Northumberland (northern England). But lacking your skills they stay as a piece of rock on my shelves. For how many years have you been working in fossil preparation and setting up your lab?

[@lh3540]

I used to work a sandblasting booth like this. Dumb thing would shock me. I hope yours doesn't 😂 (if it does you need a grounding bracelet).

[@StormwatchNZ]

Well done on the voucher code, you deserve even more sponsorship

[@MamlamboFossils]

Ah thanks mate, I'm still a bit shocked people watch my random fossil videos 😂

[@Doxymeister]

👍

[@jeremiahmcafee3816]

That's fucking awesome

[@brownfulla202]

I’d love to know whereabouts you find your fossils! I’m in nz and I’ve looked (although not very thoroughly) and haven’t really found anything. Not sure if I’m looking in the wrong places or looking for the wrong things

[@MamlamboFossils]

Pretty much every sedimentary rock beach in NZ! Fossils everywhere

[@brownfulla202]

@@MamlamboFossils I’ll do a bit of googling, thank you!

[@mikecooper3147]

Those almost look like some sort of anchor worm on the crab.

[@Heather-tz5gi]

Thanks for another interesting video. Is that the first time you found a crab like that? Wondering if the crab put things on itself like some sea life do?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I actually got this crab at our local rock club! It's a very weird one, I don't think it decorated itself like those decorator crabs but perhaps something lived on it after it died?

[@Heather-tz5gi]

@@MamlamboFossils oh lol guess I never thought of that. It is very cool either way. There are lots of dinosaur’s fossils in the province I live in. I hope to go to Drumheller to see them I wanted to for years. Hopefully this summer..

[@MamlamboFossils]

@@Heather-tz5gi This is the usual Tumidocarcinus giganteus crab species I find, first one with this kind of growth on it though!

[@Epoxinator]

Were the growths something that was on the crab when it was alive, or did they grow or settle on the body of the crab after it had died?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm leaning towards after it died, maybe how the iron pyrite formed?

[@trickynerd1]

Can you re-use the sand if you sift it out again ?

[@wackyvorlon]

Is there any concern about potential flammability of the iron powder?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I think we're going to find out!

[@leslyeschoenhuth1107]

* I wonder how Diatomaceous Earth would work for getting your diatoms ? ?

[@MamlamboFossils]

I think it's silica based which might be a bit harder?

[@Whateverhasbeenmynameforyears]

Is the cabinet very important? Would you recommend not getting air abrasion without one?

[@MamlamboFossils]

Without it the dust would go EVERYWHERE!! I only paid $50 for mine, second hand.

[@Whateverhasbeenmynameforyears]

@@MamlamboFossils Kind of what I figured. lol

[@Siluman_insaf]

👍👍👍☺️🙏

[@DavidLaRocca]

I noticed that it has been 11 months since you posted this video. How's the Problast doing now that you've had it for a while? Any issues or complaints? I'm considering getting one after watching this video. Thanks!

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm still enjoying it! You have to make sure to have a dry air supply and make sure the media is dry as well otherwise it will clog.

[@DavidLaRocca]

@@MamlamboFossils thanks for the reply! Now I have to convince my wife that I need one. 😀

[@michaelsnyder4642]

Nice! But, wear a respirator. You don't want to be breathing that stuff.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I do!

[@jeannettefrye5086]

🦀🦀💖😻

[@muhdzakie9696969696]

Carbon date?

[@DeepFriedDave]

how old is that fossil?

[@MamlamboFossils]

It's mid-Miocene

[@CoolSpongebobSquarepants]

why cant u be my neighbor id come over to Learn xD

[@MamlamboFossils]

I might be a bit of a noisy neighbour 😂

[@CoolSpongebobSquarepants]

@@MamlamboFossils I honestly would not care a bit of noise when I can in exchange see such beautiful fossils 😅😂

[@yahyaozsoz5803]

welcome crab23 virus

[@piotr_jurkiewicz]

spycrab

[@Talha202mustafa]

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[@mrpandabites]

Dude I know you're a New Zealander, but that accent sounds so South African to me. I can't believe there's THAT much similarity between the accents, so what gives?

[@MamlamboFossils]

hahaha grew up in South Africa

[@heiftonheifton9412]

​@Mamlambo Fossils how old is that crab fossil ?

[@SiphesihleKhoza]

"Mamlambo" is a South African word too

[@kelleren4840]

Seriously I'm glad someone cleared this up. I was so confused 😂😂😂

[@Kimanase11]

U re just curving an animal that u name it a fossil

[@Kimanase11]

Fake

[@Secter84]

New Zealand & Aussie blokes all sound so friendly lol. It's pretty cool how the crab came out. How did you end up getting into fossil prepping?

[@MamlamboFossils]

We are a friendly bunch! I found a crab and wanted to see what it looked like so got an electric engraver and found I enjoyed the process

[@gregjones2217]

Pretty easy to see that you could become a fellow bone hunter.

[@suerobertson5132]

it looks like the crab has bulgy muscles veins LOL "GRRRR, Crab N Atetor" 🤣🦘🦘🐨🐨

[@MamlamboFossils]

Hahaha it does! So vascular 🤣