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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4315056, member: 36"]Red acrylic bead necklace. Mostly. Did you check those opaque four along with the rest? Those would have me curious. I'd check them with the baking soda test. It works on red bakelite as often as not. (damp q tip dipped in baking soda and rubbed hard on the bead. Hold it close to your nose while you're doing it just in case. Bakelite should smell of formaldehyde.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Somebody restrung two broken pieces together to make one necklace - probably the old nylon "string" and cotton string died the death of all nylon strings and old cotton. They clear ones look good at first, but there was no way they were bakelite when held to a light. If you see a bubble-like area inside the bead, it ain't. Bakelite beads have to be drilled. The acrylic ones have those bubble areas. The others?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 4315056, member: 36"]Red acrylic bead necklace. Mostly. Did you check those opaque four along with the rest? Those would have me curious. I'd check them with the baking soda test. It works on red bakelite as often as not. (damp q tip dipped in baking soda and rubbed hard on the bead. Hold it close to your nose while you're doing it just in case. Bakelite should smell of formaldehyde.) Somebody restrung two broken pieces together to make one necklace - probably the old nylon "string" and cotton string died the death of all nylon strings and old cotton. They clear ones look good at first, but there was no way they were bakelite when held to a light. If you see a bubble-like area inside the bead, it ain't. Bakelite beads have to be drilled. The acrylic ones have those bubble areas. The others?[/QUOTE]
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