[Jewelry making - Article 00210] - Re: [Orchid] Resurrecting old pearls

[Helen Hill]

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Hi Alma,

    No, honestly I'm not being bullied or pressured into anything beyond
    what is normal in the particular relationship in question. I'll
    email you offlist more specifically as I don't wish to air laundry of
    any kind in a public forum. 

    The only reason why this project isn't already well under way is
    because I need to wait until I have a spare bit of money to buy the
    paint to do it. I've also had a couple of other projects which took
    priority. When I have the paint and a nice dry day, I'm actually
    looking forward to doing that part of the project as I feel it is
    the least problematic stage of the whole thing and it may be fun. I
    could graduate them and string them or mount them ready for painting
    in the meantime though and may do that this evening with the help of
    one of my daughters. 

    Honestly, at first, because of the state they were in, I couldn't
    see a way round the problem at hand, but then when I came up with the
    idea of the auto paint I was happy about the whole thing and actually
    looking forward to being able to solve the whole problem in a
    practical way. Also once I'd cleaned them of all the nasty years'
    old grease and grime and had nice clean beads ready to be painted, it
    all seemed less of a problem too. 

    Thanks to all those who have tried to spare my feelings from what
    seems like a monumental problem, but I am actually looking forward
    to doing it when I've sourced the right product for the job.
    Incidentally, I bought a fair few strands of the most beautiful
    freshwater pearls yesterday at a jewellery fair so if the job goes
    wrong I will make her a new necklace out of some of those and I know
    she'd be happy wearing the genuine article. So there is a plan B at
    hand and if plan A goes wrong I'll not get upset about it as I don't
    think it's worth the energy or anguish to do that. I'll simply
    switch to plan B. 

Helen
UK
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