Using nitric acid....
I know that in the 1900's, lampworking in Venice and France was sometimes not done on a mandrel with bead release, but straight onto copper. The copper would then be dissolved in nitric acid.
The safety precautions to do this would be extensive, but I was wondering if anyone has tried this. I have come up with a bead design, but the beads are pretty impossible to remove from the mandrel. Too many weak spots to withstand the pressure that comes with removing it.
So I thought it might be an option to use this method. (A long shot, I know...)
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