Cleaning Beads the Pain Free Way

[Bumpy Beads]

Yesterday, when I was cleaning my beads I stabbed myself AGAIN with the finest of the diamond reamers. It hurt like heck, and the tip of the reamer snapped off and embedded itself deep inside. I didn't realise at the time. Being stoic, I carried on cleaning beads. About an hour later I was in AGONY! My finger had swollen up like a sausage and was red hot. Well anyway, I gave it a good clean, put some savlon and a plaster on, and overnight the bit of metal was drawn to the surface and I was able to retrieve it this morning.

I was so nervous about cleaning the rest of my beads this morning! I've tried gloves before, but you just can't hold the bead properly. Then I had a Clairey-type brainwave! I found an old pair of leather gardening gloves, and chopped one of the fingers off. I slipped it over my much-stabbed index finger, and voila! It worked a treat!     

[*rowanberry*]

OUCH!!!!!!! OUCH! OUCH!

You know you can get bead holders/vises for reaming? or little suede finger tip covers? lemme get the link for you....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wood-Bead-Vise-Holder_W0QQitemZ320167839036QQihZ011QQcategoryZ83892QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This place also have a variety of reaming gadgets and helpful things as well as reamers and reaming bits for dremels
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/FindingKing_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ0QQftidZ2QQlnsZ1QQtZkm

The cutting the top off of gloves was a fantastic brainwave by the way!

[Vicki]

ouch, poor you I'm glad you got it out though

[♥♥Tan♥♥]

I agree that glove thing is genius!!

[Bumpy Beads]

Thanks for the links Claire, I shall go and have a look!

[Richard]

I stabbed myself about 5 times the other day, I finished by using a dremmel to ream out the beads.

[Billie]

I'm always stabbing myself!!  Thanks for those links Claire 

[LesleyMac]

Brilliant Heather, I stab myself every day and it damn well hurts, I am going to give this a try, I prefer cleaning them by hand but its so painful.

[Revontulet]

I got a rubber 'thimble' like the ones used when counting money etc (got from local stationer for 50p) - works a treat! 

[LesleyMac]

Rubber thimble, another great idea