Post: Post Reply: Re: White clay residue in Japanese glass beads? by Beadman

Original Message: Re: White clay residue in Japanese glass beads?

Hi Chris,
About three years ago I bought a masse of mixed Japanese glass beads at eBay. Now sorted into groups by color. They are all spheroidal. I planned to use them as filler beads, between nicer Japanese beads (if the spirit moved me).
So I just pulled them out and viewed the apertures. The perforations are clean with no residue of mandrel-release compound. The channels are the same colors as the exteriors.
These were not advertised as being Cherry Brand--and I would have to look elsewhere to find the few I have that are or were tagged, somewhere. I can also look at my collection of older Japanese ojime-like glass beads. (I know where these are, pretty much.)
JDA.
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Original Message: Re: White clay residue in Japanese glass beads?
Hi Chris, About three years ago I bought a masse of mixed Japanese glass beads at eBay. Now sorted into groups by color. They are all spheroidal. I planned to use them as filler beads, between nicer Japanese beads (if the spirit moved me). So I just pulled them out and viewed the apertures. The perforations are clean with no residue of mandrel-release compound. The channels are the same colors as the exteriors. These were not advertised as being Cherry Brand--and I would have to look elsewhere to find the few I have that are or were tagged, somewhere. I can also look at my collection of older Japanese ojime-like glass beads. (I know where these are, pretty much.) JDA. Copyright 2025 All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users

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