Cleaning Bead Holes with a Brush?

[charles hall]

I am very new at this, and tried the archives, but was daunted by the 5,000 or so posts. I'm using a battery Dremel with diamond bits to clean my beads, and wondered if a small spiral type brush (nylon, brass, stainless?) would be good as a final pass through to get the last of the release off. Thanks for any help
Charles

[SteveWright]

Hi Charles,
If the diamond bits did not remove it, it is unlikely that a brush will do much for you. I grind mine off with the diamond bits and rinse in water.

Steve

[*Naos*]

I use a manual diamond reamer and then finish it off the cleaning with pipe cleaners - not the store bought kind but the kind really used to clean pipes - they have hard plastic bristles woven in and I do think it helps finish the hole quite nicely. Oh and I use heavily soapy water with the pipe cleaners. I find the diamond bits can't get into that occasional pocket of bead release whereas the pipe cleaners can.

[*Naos*]

Oh this is the kind I use.

http://cgi.ebay.com/BJ-LONG-BRISTLE-...QQcmdZViewItem

[Dennis Brady]

Originally Posted by charles hall

I am very new at this, and tried the archives, but was daunted by the 5,000 or so posts. I'm using a battery Dremel with diamond bits to clean my beads, and wondered if a small spiral type brush (nylon, brass, stainless?) would be good as a final pass through to get the last of the release off. Thanks for any help
Charles

Try cleaning it out with a mandrel or drill bit coated with a silicon carbide paste.
http://www.glasscampus.com/tutorials...Bead_Holes.pdf

[pittypat]

Where would you look to buy the silicon carbide paste???
Thanks, pat