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Originally Posted by clan tabby
I start off by kind of crimping the dry bead release on either side of the bead with my pliers to break it so that if comes off in chunks. Then I hold the mandrel with the pliers & twist the beads & pull them off. They almost always come off super easily. Since all of the bead release is already off the mandrels, I just swipe them with a towel before re-dipping.
When I get around to cleaning the beads, I do soak them in water & ream them out in the water because that bead release, if done dry, is really fine particulate stuff that floats in the air.
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This is me, too. After the beads are cleaned, I wash them in hot, soapy water and rinse them off. Bead release can be a little bit oily and a good wash takes care of that. Schermo taught me this trick.
Nolly