[Jewelry making - Article 00293] - Re: [Orchid] Pickled amber anyone?

[Nancy Bernardine-Widmer]

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    <snip>  Anyway, the silver is real nice:)  The beads... >     Is there
    a trick to giving lustre back to the beads or should I tell 


    Your post reminded me of a strand of amber that I did the same thing
    to many years ago - before I knew better :).  They've been sitting in
    a box all this time and I'd like to try running them through the
    tumbler to see if that might help, but I'm not sure what polishing
    compound to use or if would even work. These are freeform chunks, not
    round beads. 

    I have some sawdust from Rio with rough in it, also some sawdust
    stuff that's green (probably something like Zam) plus I have cerium
    oxide, tin oxide, some powdered diamond grits (14,000 - 100,000). 
    Would any of these work at all or should I just dump all the beads in
    a pot of oil and melt them into one huge hunk - (joking, joking) 


Nancy

Nancy Bernardine-Widmer
Bernardine Fine Art Jewelry
http://www.bernardine.com
nancy AT bernardine.com

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