is to use an old fashioned banker’s look; b) you can polish them up to a matt finish and voila, your polymer
money counting thimble as it will shiny finish; or c) you can coat them clay bead is complete!
stop your fingers getting sanded in a varnish to give them a glossy
down to the bone. The nice thing look.
about sanding is that you can do it • An electric polisher will have
whilst watching television which your beads gleaming like glass in
makes it much less tedious. no time but you can get an equally
• After sanding, the beads will stunning, if slightly less shiny finish
by simply rubbing the beads with a
clean cloth. I spared no expense with
this and have a supply of tea towels
that I got from the local pound shop
that I use just for this purpose.
• Take one bead at a time
and simply wrap it in the cloth and
be coated with a fine dust from the
sandpaper. Don’t worry about this,
just wash them like you would the
dishes and wipe them dry with a
clean cloth.
• At this stage you have three
choices: a) you can leave the beads scrunch it all over with your fingers
un-polished for a natural, earthy for a few minutes until it has a lovely
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