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Originally Posted by glvz
As I recall a wash with washing soda will neutralize the etchant I scrub the beads well with washing soda and it seems to take care of the white residue. It is one of the reasons I tumble beads unless they have raised elements.
Georgia
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The residue is the etching continuing, so the neutralizing step will take care of it. There was a recent discussion on FB about this, and lime is recommended, per the MSDS sheet. I bought a small bag of calcium carbonate on Amazon and use a little of that in the rinse.
I love Theresa's finish coat recipe, but if you don't have time for that, try lavender scented Badger Balm, I think it's the sleepy-time one.