[Jewelry making - Article 00919] - Re: [Orchid] Balls at the ends

[Gerald Alexander Livings]

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Annie,

    From your description I believe that I once repaired a bracelet
    similar to what you described. I believe it went through a washing
    machine if I am remembering right. It was a link bracelet with many
    amethyst beads on it. Each bead had a gold ball on each end and on
    one of the balls was a jump ring to attach it to the bracelet. Some
    of the gold balls had come off of the amethyst. The end of the link
    with the jump ring had a gold wire soldered to the gold ball, the
    bead holding the amethyst was glued on with what I thought was epoxy
    since it cleaned up with a little soaking in acetone. 

    I cleaned up the gold beads and re-epoxied them to the wires being
    careful of the amethyst. 

    Repair done, client happy.
    I hope this helps.

Jerry

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