Ultrasonic cleaners for beads

I have used one to clean Indian beads that are full of bead release. Cleans them quite well.

I have also put beads in a mesh container in the dishwasher. I have a theory that if it is going to break it will break in there so no harm done Shirley

In message , Su/Cutworks writes

I have one on order, and plan to do some tests with different solutions and different brands of bead release.

I just checked my front porch a minute ago, and it's still not there, LOL!

I'll let you know the results, and if it works well, I'll post a link to where I found it.

Joan Eckard

Please do and thanks!

I had wondered if one would be good for the final rinse as it were.

I'll keep an eye out for your report.

-Su

I have one that I use for jewelry.

Carol in SLC Some of my stuff:

I use an ultrasonic cleaner for old crystals and other assorted vintage stuff that comes from tearing apart old estate sale jewelry. Instead of a solution, I just use dishsoap. Then I put the beads in a big tea strainer and rinse them with tap water till the soap suds are gone, and put them on a towel (out of kitty's reach) overnight. It works wonderfully! Chris

A few months back I did a post on wetcanvas about my ultrasonic and bead cleaning experience. If you can handle all the jibberish, there is quite a bit of info here on the use of the ultrasonic for beads. On page 4 or 5 of the post I put in pics of my experiments - and the results. Here is the link to the beginning of the thread -

- I think you will find it useful. I have used the following cleaners in the ultrasonic - vinegar, coke, pepsi, limeaway, professional dental cement cleaner, efferdent tabs, and a ton of others....but as of this date coke has been the best! One of the bead ladies even traveled 3 hours to see the ultrasonic work :) - the one thing you may find - some beads will come out of the cleaner and it looks like the release is still in the bead, but a quick swipe with a roughed up mandrel will remove all the residue - thats all there is to it. I make about 300 beads a week - sometimes more, and all of them are cleaned by the ultrasonic - I then load about 10 beads on a roughed up mandrel and run them up and down - just once - maybe twice the mandrel - and bingo! Clean Beads! Denise Glitzy Glass Studio

Thanks for the link! I've heard Coke will clean almost anything. I'll read through the thread asap.

-Su

Do you sell them all, or use them for your own jewelry? (Or hoard them like a dragon?)

~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce

clients for special orders or website orders, some go into a bracelet or two for our local pet rescue fund raisers, some go to friends and some go to a bead store near me, and then there are the one's that get hoarded :).

Denise Glitzy Glass Studio