bluengie
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"♪ The sky is coming down blue, and I'll hold it up with you! ♪"
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Title: Bard of Heart
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Post by bluengie on Nov 5, 2023 0:08:40 GMT
hi everyone! it's been a bit since we logged on- IRL life got busy. anyway, for any kandi makers out there, my question is as follows: how do you clean your collection of beads? by this i mean both things like singles and cuffs, as well as bead collections. i noticed recently that a couple of my storage buckets of beads have a bit of stank to em, and i was wondering if there's a good way to clean all of the beads in an individual bucket of beads at once. the singles & cuffs question is a little more secondary, but i'd also like to prevent my favorite pieces (or just all of them) from getting nasty over time. do any of y'all have tips? thanks for reading!
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orangecalvin
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Pronouns: it/he but im also ok with neopronouns :+)
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Post by orangecalvin on Nov 5, 2023 21:22:28 GMT
i've only ever cleaned stuff i've sweat in, but soap and water should work fine. for the beads themselves i reccomend using a sieve if you have one, & i guess try moving the beads around every so often (idk what helps with smell because i can't lol)?
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bluengie
Member
"♪ The sky is coming down blue, and I'll hold it up with you! ♪"
Posts: 27
Title: Bard of Heart
Pronouns: he/it
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Post by bluengie on Nov 11, 2023 6:18:31 GMT
back with info! consulted with my dad about this, and we decided the best way to go about it was to pour them into a colander and rinse them with dish soap and water over the sink. after that, we laid them out flat on a cooking pan and let em airdry. after around 15 minutes or so they were dry! stank is ALL GONE too.
as for bracelets themselves, i'm still not too sure on how to handle it. hopefully i'll figure something out! i might just take apart and reassemble my bracelets with new string and washed beads with the method i mentioned earlier if they get too narsty. i've already taken apart and reassembled bracelets before, it's never too inconvenient so it should be okay <3
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