Let's ave em!
;D
Don't get them wet. Take them off the mandrel, shake well and then blow well. You might get a bit of condensation but hopefully the release will have gone. Then use a reamer on the ends.
Water and keep poking, the release will fall out in bits (blowing helps too) ;D ;D
oh and while you're at it stand on one leg :D Now I'm being silly.
I'm happy to have a go later.
Quote from: Shirley on October 28, 2008, 09:55:17 AM
Don't get them wet.
Now she tells me ... ::)
Oh, its okay, Pam's coming over, she can do the blowing on one leg (I'll get a photo ;))
Quote from: Pam on October 28, 2008, 09:55:41 AM
Water and keep poking, the release will fall out in bits (blowing helps too) ;D ;D
oh and while you're at it stand on one leg :D Now I'm being silly.
I'm happy to have a go later.
That's what I do (minus standing on one leg). Lots of poking and wrapping in kitchen towel and rotating/shaking the bead to get the water back out.
Dishwasher.
Kaz
Cheat :)
Quote from: Kaz on October 28, 2008, 12:10:22 PM
Dishwasher.
Kaz
Not fair - I don't have one!!
I asked Colette this the other day after I made my first one - lots of poking around with a needle was the advice!!
The first one I made with a 2.6 madrel and the release came out no problem - bit more poking around - but worked!
Never tried it dry!
Quote from: Kaz on October 28, 2008, 12:10:22 PM
Dishwasher.
Kaz
Is that an offer Kaz and what do you charge ?? ;) :D :D
I will get my coat........
tis easiest dry. might have to try the dishwasher option tho ;D
Thanks for that advice ladies. I have some hollows in my fugly pot, even though they're perfectly formed - just gunked on the inside. I though it was coz I be usin skinny mandrels (I likes 'em best!)
**off to bung them in the dishwasher***
i clean them like a normal bead then put under running water to get any left over bead release out
Run a sink of water, get a plastic syringe, holding syringe nozzle hard against one hole, squirt a syringe full of water thru the bead, hard.
You might need to do it a couple of times, but it's dead quick, and leaves them very clean.
yeah, i heard dishwasher salts help as it leaves no water marks?
someone please correct me if i am wrong, i read it a LONG time ago
I clean mine in water the normal way and I give them a real good shake to get everything out then.....
and here's my tip.......I put them in my boxwood to dry...after filing them completely with the little bits.
Works a treat. When they're dry and just poke all the little pieces out and puff all the dust away.
Boxwood is tiny wood pieces they sell in Cooksons to dry silver without having to wipe it on anything abrasive.
Thanks for all the input everyone - I am definitely going to try the dry bit, after the wet bit ...
Anna, I put a load of etched beads in the dishwasher the other day, after soaking in bicarb, hoping that it would get rid of all the white fuzz ... but it didn't :(
white fuzz?
I get the white fuzz sometimes but find it will come off just rubbing with a dry cloth or just soaking a bit longer in boiling water (with no detergent).
Kaz
I know some people who use those old water pik type cleaners that have the small water tank and little spout and use them on hollow beads. Sometimes the second hand shop has them for a song. If I didn't call them the correct name, I am writing about something along this line. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PC4J6Y?smid=ASRTEOJPJWOEH&tag=dealt5602-20&linkCode=asn
Marcy