Removing bead release

I put mine in the dishwasher inside a mesh pot. works really well. Shirley

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After I scrape out as much as I can, I soak mine in soapy water and go after it with a wet pipe cleaner. A *real* pipe cleaner, not a fuzzy chenille stem. The brand name is "Dill's" and you can find them in with the tobacco products at your local drug store. Of course, this only works with beads with fairly large holes. Perhaps you could try cotton kitchen twine for beads with smaller holes.

I'd not use the Dremel until you're really comfortable with it. Too many ways to hurt oneself trying to hold a bead and use a scrubby bit at the same time.

I have hunted high and low for those pipe cleaners with metal in. They do not seem to be available in UK. Come to that there are not many tobacconists shops nowadays. people seem to buy their smokes from the supermarkets. Shirley

The pipe cleaners I use don't seem to have metal in the bristles, just a short, cottony fuzz. And, they'd be sold where one would buy pipes and pipe tobacco. A chemist's shop, perhaps? I can't imagine an Englishman without his pipe! You'll probably have to find a pipe-smoker and ask him. ;-)

Arondelle

I used a round diamond file for mine.

A chemist in UK would never sell them. Pipe smoking also seems to have gone out of fashion. I think the thought of getting mouth and tongue cancers put them off. I only see the older end smoking them, but no so many of them either. DH smoked one at one time but he says he has never heard of these pipe cleaners. We get the ordinary fluffy ones. Shirley

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Surely not!! Have you tried a childrens craft shop? If I remember right, I got my littlies some of these from the local $2 shop! or Whitcoulls Stationers or similar... Kids just love to make things out of these things

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Mavis

If liquor and tobacco are sold together, you might find them there. Pete goes to the liquor store to find his loose tobacco to roll.

Tina

Is there some magic trick that I don't know about, or do cheap beads also mean cheap release that is impossible to get all the way off? I have a Dremel, is there a way to use that to get the release off? (I'm very inexperienced with my Dremel) >>>>

SOAK.... try denture cleaner - if that isn't tough enough for your particular problem.. Then get a bottle of "Lime Away" in the cleaning section of your store. Dilite 50/50 with water- soak in that at least overnight. WEAR RUBBER GLOVES please... rinse and ream again . That should do it.

Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

Surely not!! Have you tried a childrens craft shop? If I remember right, I got my littlies some of these from the local $2 shop!>

too soft - those aren't really "pipe cleaners" - they are "chenille stems"

BTW -- for all those in need. Arrow Springs sells a brush designed just for this purpose..... (tiny wire bristle brush the size of a pipe cleaner on one end, and a larger plastic bristle cone on the other) I love mine... LOL

Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

Actually - it's more like an industrial strength "pipe" cleaner -- I did some hunting and found some industrial items that probably fit the bill

see this page - down a bit and look for the next to last item: Condenser Tube / Heat Exchanger Brushes and Accessories

there is a picture of four pieces - note the "diameter" in the text to the left...

OR - again - the smoke shop option

Cheryl of DRAGON BEADS Flameworked beads and glass

Yes I have tried the craft shops. Can get plenty of the cotton and chenille ones there but not ones with metal in. They would be deemed unsafe for small children to use so would not be sold in children's crafts shops. Shirley

Do you have a Water Pic? One of those things that squirts jets of water to clean between your teeth? They work wonders for cleaning out beads and all sorts of things. Barbara Dream Master

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I cannot afford one of those things for my teeth let alone for beads LOL best thing is to try and avoid buying the beads in the first place. VBG

Shirley

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What about using a clean mascara wand?