Just thought this might be useful...
All the beads I've made so far were stuck on the mandrels. I tried everything - rubber gloves, pliers, soaking, tapping on concrete, but they wouldn't budge. Then I tried spaying some WD40 on the mandrel just above the bead and leaving it overnight for it to soak into the bead release. Tonight I got all the beads off the mandrels (with quite a lot of help from hubby...)! It's still an effort, but, hey, it works! :D
Needless to say, I won't be using the blue sludge again; just waiting for my FosterFire to arrive!
I don't suppose it disoolves bead release too does it ....?
Hehehe - trusty old WD40, it's amazing all the uses you can find for it! This is a great one! :D
It is weird, many people here have told they can not get their beads out of mandrels, when they are using blue sludge. I do not like it either, but opposite reason: beads come loose pretty easily, when I am making them. And I have let them dry well before starting to make beads. Maybe it has something to do with the climate? I had some grey stuff earlier, do not know the name because i bought it from other person who had a big jar of it. It worked fine. Now I am waiting a order with some new release in it.