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Old 2006-12-07, 6:44am
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Default Cleaning bead holes w/vinegar

Just a quick FYI -

If you use white vinegar (or a mix that is similar) to clean bead release from bead holes, yes, it will clean out marginally faster. But it will also cause your mandrels to corrode faster.

Water works just fine with a small cheap-from-Harbor-Freight diamond file and only takes a second or two longer.

If you have a bead that is stuck you can soak the mandrel in vinegar and it will break down the bead release, allowing you to remove the bead. This can take anywhere from 15 minutes to 4 hours. I have used it for the hollow bead-inside-a-bead.
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Old 2006-12-07, 9:31am
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Thanks for the tip I use water to soak my beads if they are really stuck I have put them in the freeze over night or even soaked them in coke.

At that point I could care less about my mandrel and just want my bead off.
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