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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 3719728, member: 111&quot;]Not familiar with those, looks like they might be worth adding to my cleaning arsenal, but might be a bit harsh - the ultrafine sandpaper, often used by model makers, is very gentle, if I recall correctly, used 4000, 6000, and 12000 grit on this...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure I&#039;d be able to spot galalith in American jewelry, suspect it was used, but it really just wasn&#039;t common here - that said, those cabochons look like they have internal fractures, which I wouldn&#039;t expect from galalith (can only describe the surface cracks as similar to a dried creek bed), those on the brooch kind of remind me of acrylic glasses damaged by putting through the dishwasher (and a thanks to my ex for once ruining an entire set of outdoor wine glasses):</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]312818[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And of course, ended up going down a rabbit-hole, looking into American casein (Aladdinite, Ameroid) - here&#039;s an excerpt from an interesting site:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://plastiquarian.com/?page_id=14228" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://plastiquarian.com/?page_id=14228" rel="nofollow">http://plastiquarian.com/?page_id=14228</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]312825[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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