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2012-07-21, 12:57pm
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Cleaning a bead made inside a hollow
Is it possible?
This is what I mean - the beads were made inside the hollows. Is there any way to get the bead poop out of the little beads?
Alli
*added picture to clarify*
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2012-07-21, 1:34pm
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All Zeke, all the time
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Join Date: Jan 25, 2012
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hehe... bead poop... hehe
wish I could help, just chuckling at your term.
thanks for making me smile! 
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2012-07-21, 1:42pm
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*chuckles* Wish I could take credit for the term; appropriate though isn't it?
Alli
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2012-07-21, 1:45pm
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I take a mandrel that is the same size I used (3/32" usually) and thread it through one end, the little bead and the other end. Then I immerse it all in hot water and try to use the mandrel to scrub back and forth. This usually gets rid if what you can see. I also have used a bead reamer that isn't tapered, but is encrusted with diamond grit, I think it was really a porcelain or ceramics tool, and threaded that through the whole thing, then scrubbed that back and forth. It just takes perseverance, but I find keeping it wet helps. Also, some bead release is easier than others, I use FPI. Jeri
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2012-07-22, 2:16pm
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You could try threading a pipe cleaner through and pulling it back and forth to get the bead release out.
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2012-07-22, 2:24pm
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You know those saw blades that have the loop on both ends? (best way to describe it is a hunk of a hanger dipped in rough stuff) Cut one in half and thread it thru. If made on a big enough mandrel of course.
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