This is a good question and I hadn’t covered it in my explanation about metal shavings in orgonite.
It’s my experience that oil doesn’t adversely affect the workings of orgonite so essentially there’s no advantage to be gained by cleaning the metal at all.
In the light of your environmental concerns; probably the best solution is to simply cast the metal (with crystal) in resin.
The oil will be sealed inside the resin and cause no harm to the environment to which it is gifted.

All the best.

Dan.
Admin BG blog.

Any crystal pieces will work well in orgonite and for TBs; the un-terminated crystal material is actually preferable.

The primary function of the crystal in orgonite is to neutralize the concentrated electromagnetic radiation via the process of ‘electro-striction’.
In the absence of the EMR; the etheric field returns to its naturally positive state resulting in a positive charge in the area of the TB.

Terminated crystals are employed in more complicated pieces but are used to channel the positive energy in this direction or that (usually flowing off the apex of a pyramid or cone).
I have yet to understand why this is considered desirable and I tend to prefer the free-flowing etheric field surrounding simple orgonite.

The Orgonite Dodecahedron is a configuration of TBs ‘suspended in space’ as it were.
In this formation; a highly positive charge of Qi (or Orgone if you prefer) appears at the centre of the space within the ‘dodec.
If water is placed inside the dodecahedron; it quickly absorbs this positive etheric charge.

Some people (myself included) find that drinking this water energizes the body and has general health benefits.

By the way; your questions are not stupid at all.

All the best.

Dan.
Admin BG blog.

regarding the dodecahedron with the TBs at the vertices, in what way does it charge the water that you place in the center? as i said, this is all new to me, so forgive any “stupid questions”

You can find explanations of the materials of orgonite in their respective topics on the blog site.
Resin:
http://www.baligifter.org/blog/orgonite/materials-of-orgonite-2-resin
Metal Shavings:
http://www.baligifter.org/blog/orgonite/materials-of-orgonite-1-metal-shavings

All the best.

Dan
Admin. BG blog.

many thanks for your response!!!!! i want to do this as soon as possible. i am having many problems with multiple chemical sensitivities and ELF/EMF problems…. and this looks like an excellent, and affordable, way to mitigate my problems.

thanks again!!