How do you clean your beads?

[firedinglass]

Delana, i also think this is probably thermal shock.  I've also had this problem when working on large or complex beads - they look fine until I try to clean them and then they ping.......

[Lush!]

So, who can translate Dutch?

This is a link from Anouk in the S&T thread, apparently it cleans beadholes    Jock's Release Remover and something called Smooth Bead 

http://www.jocks-glas.com/index1.html

[sparrow]

One's liquid, one's powder (mix yourself to yoghurt consistency). "Wet your bead so that the bead release it wet, then dip a wet mandrel into the stuff and plonk it in the bead. Hold there for a while 'and the bead release is gone'"....that's a quick and dirty translation.

Interesting............as is the shop overall - I've lusted after a grinder for a while

[Chameleon]

Silicon Carbide grit, about £5 for 1kg from Glassworks Services is what is used for grinding / polishing glass, you work through the grades getting finer and finer and it is very good for cleaning bead holes out, just dip a wet mandrel into it - I use the same size as the one I made the bead on. I usually only use a coarse one but you can go all the way through the grits to get a totally smooth core.

Dont know if it is the same as the Jocks glas one but i have seen it being sold as a bead release cleaner before  

[Lush!]

Oops my link didn't work - here it is again

but the secret is not the beadrelease, it's the bead release remover  .
http://www.jocks-glas.com/contents/nl/d71.html Sorry the site is in Dutch, but Joyce also speaks English very well (you can always email her).

Thanks, Sabine - your dirty translation makes this stuff sound like it just evaporates the bead release, the miracle we've all been waiting for!

Becky, I think Heather has used the grit too.

[Joyce]

Hi Everyone!
Jock's Webshop (Joyce) here with some instructions on how to use our release remover  in english....

Instructions:
Leave the beads to soak in some water
Wet the mandrel that you have made the bead on, dip it in the release remover.
Move the mandrel through the bead and this should remove the beadrelease. You may want to repeat this 

[sparrow]

Hi Everyone!
Jock's Webshop (Joyce) here with some instructions on how to use our release remover  in english....

Instructions:
Leave the beads to soak in some water
Wet the mandrel that you have made the bead on, dip it in the release remover.
Move the mandrel through the bead and this should remove the beadrelease. You may want to repeat this 

Nearly what I said Thanks Joyce!