{"id":1723,"date":"2009-09-01T15:01:42","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T22:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/?p=1723"},"modified":"2009-09-02T16:43:18","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T23:43:18","slug":"hands-free-glass-bead-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorigreenberg.com\/blog\/hands-free-glass-bead-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands Free Glass Bead Cleaning. Part 1."},"content":{"rendered":"

You really don’t need a pictorial tutorial on this but you know me and pictures. \u00a0It’s much more fun that way. \u00a0 Here’s what you need to start with:<\/p>\n

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\nCraft store pipe cleaner, cutters that can cut them (don’t use your good jewelry ones…the inside of a pipe cleaner is not as soft as silver or copper) \u00a0The lighter is optional, you can use your torch.
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Burn the fuzzies off of the pipe cleaner. \u00a0I don’t know if real pipe cleaners work for this, that is, the ones that are sold to actually clean pipes. \u00a0The craft ones are probably cheaper anyway. \u00a0You want to expose the twisted wire underneath.<\/p>\n

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It’s not pretty, but it works. \u00a0Why not just any wire? \u00a0Because you want the texture of the twist to rub in your bead hole!<\/p>\n

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Put your beads on and make sure there is room for them to move back and forth on the twisted wire. \u00a0These are 3\/32″ and 5\/64″ holed beads. \u00a0I haven’t tried 1\/16″ holes yet and wonder if they’ll move enough to work with this. \u00a0Who knows? \u00a0Maybe they’ll work better. \u00a0Make sure to curl the ends enough so that your beads don’t come off.<\/p>\n

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Fill up a tumbler barrel with mixed steel shot (I don’t think it matters if it’s mixed). \u00a0You just want to give some weight to what is tumbling against your beads and the ends of the wire. \u00a0You will want it to be about 75% full once you get everything in there. \u00a0Throw in your wired up beads. \u00a0You can do many at one time.<\/p>\n

Tumble.<\/p>\n

I tumbled for 30 minutes and they were actually ok. \u00a0I put them back on for another 30 minutes and even better. I will probably try going longer to really have them clean. \u00a0But even after the hour they were fine! \u00a0You can see some of the film of release in there. \u00a0I was too impatient to go longer…I wanted to show you.<\/p>\n

I used 1\/2 Foster Fire and 1\/2 Fusion bead release. \u00a0The smoother your release I the better this may work.<\/p>\n

Try it and let me know what you think!<\/p>\n

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NOTE: \u00a0I just wanted to pass on a note that was sent to me. If you use your tumbler to tumble silver I was told that your silver could get ‘gunky’ if you use the same barrel because of the bead release forming a type of grit. \u00a0Please see Tonya Davidson’s comment below this post for instructions on how to clean your tumbler barrel and steel shot. \u00a0Also, if you’re new to using steel shot, make sure that you either store it fully covered by water or dry it thoroughly when you’re not using it…otherwise, steel rusts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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