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From: Noel Yovovich
Date: Sat Feb 02 19:09:24 2008
 
     
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>     I am beginning to wish I had done just that, ie. told my
>     mother-in-law that what she wants is not possible. [snip]
>     Unfortunately, all it is now is a jar of clean glass beads with no
>     coating on them! 

    I have a suggestion that would be tough to do, but would virtually
    guarantee you won't be asked to do another similar job. 

    Give them back. 

    Show your MIL the jar of beads, tell her this is how they look after
    cleaning with gentle soap, maybe offer to go ahead and restring
    them. Say nothing about them being faux, be oblivious to the change
    in their appearance. 

    The very *last* thing that makes sense to do (IMHO) is paint them.
    They'll never look the way they originally did. If they're going to
    be totally changed, it might as well be a lower-work disaster as a
    laborious one. 

    If she asks, tell her the truth-- that the dirt was the only thing
    holding the coating on. But only if she asks. 

    The deeper you get in, the worse it's gonna get, believe me. 

Noel
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