Bead Pick from Jewelry Making Daily's Tammy Jones: Glinter Silver Beads

re: Bead Pick from Jewelry Making Daily's Tammy Jones: Glinter Silver Beads

AlyceZ — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 08:45:55 GMT

We received a number of inquiries about the beads with patina shown in the picture above. The Glinter™ beads with patina were produced by an artist as an experiment to see how well Liver of Sulphur would work with this metal. We don’t offer premade colored Glinter™ beads at this time. It’s an easy task to color your own. Just make up a solution of Liver of Sulphur according to the container specifications then dip the beads in the mixture. It doesn’t take long to see the change. Rinse, dry, then buff with a polishing cloth. That’s it! This process works on all of styles of Glinter™ items.

re: Bead Pick from Jewelry Making Daily's Tammy Jones: Glinter Silver Beads

AlyceZ — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:59:48 GMT

Good question about the zinc in Glinter. Most people are sensitive to nickel instead of zinc. Remember, zinc is used in baby diaper rash salve and as zinc oxide to prevent sun burn so most people have no problem with it. As for nickel sensitivity - Glinter has 4 times less nickel than surgical steel which is the most commonly used piercing metal. It's a pretty human friendly material. Alyce, owner at ElephantEyeBeads.com

re: Bead Pick from Jewelry Making Daily's Tammy Jones: Glinter Silver Beads

blueflute — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:24:26 GMT

I wonder if those allergic to zinc would have a reaction to these new Glinter beads. They are very pretty.