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Again - not an expert. I have seen tumbling in Cambay, Firozabad, Benares and Purdalpur, but that is not what you are after! Putting color-colornats on a bead, then fire the beads in hope to achieve an effect? Use a helmet, is what comes to mind first! The moment you "fire" your bead with a torch - mini or maxi - the bead will crack and fly in your face. A potentially dangerous task. The only way to avoid it would be to heat the bead up gradually (in a kiln), close to the point before it begins to lose it's shape - than the popping of the beads could be prevented. None of this is really worth the effort, especially since you won't reach the desired aging effect anyway. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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