[Jewelry making - Article 00868] - Re: [Orchid] Polishing Glass Beads

[SadiesJewels]

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    If you wish to polish the glass beads the hand polishing with cerium
    oxide is the way to do it - very time consuming and may not be worth
    the effort. Whilst tumbling with steel shot will not damage ordinary
    glass beads (many lampworkers do it) it will not polish the glass.
    It's possible the addition of various media might work but you would
    also loose any definition if the beads were at all faceted (and
    though I read your original post a day or so ago I can't remember if
    they were or not). 

Sadie

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