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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9792362, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">Hi all, I picked this up for 50 cents, hoping it was bakelite. I've never come across any so I figured it'd be good as a learning tool. But its being tricky. Here's what I have so far:</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">It certainly looks right according to the lens search (color, swirl, old cotton..too shiny?)</p> <p style="text-align: center">The clunk test is inconclusive: Its between the clink of lucite and the clunk of bakelite, it has both timbres when smushed around together.</p> <p style="text-align: center">I've tried hot water, friction, and a gentle blow dryer, no fromaldehyde smell.</p> <p style="text-align: center">BUT I just tried the baking soda test [USER=1067]@Houseful[/USER] kindly told me about, and it comes up positive. I cleaned the bead with a damp paper towel to make sure it wasn't just dirt, and the result was the same.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Scratching my head with this one! I confer with the experts. TYIA!</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]485355[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]485354[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]485357[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485358[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485359[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]485360[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9792362, member: 15376"][CENTER]Hi all, I picked this up for 50 cents, hoping it was bakelite. I've never come across any so I figured it'd be good as a learning tool. But its being tricky. Here's what I have so far: It certainly looks right according to the lens search (color, swirl, old cotton..too shiny?) The clunk test is inconclusive: Its between the clink of lucite and the clunk of bakelite, it has both timbres when smushed around together. I've tried hot water, friction, and a gentle blow dryer, no fromaldehyde smell. BUT I just tried the baking soda test [USER=1067]@Houseful[/USER] kindly told me about, and it comes up positive. I cleaned the bead with a damp paper towel to make sure it wasn't just dirt, and the result was the same. Scratching my head with this one! I confer with the experts. TYIA! [ATTACH=full]485355[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485354[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]485357[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485356[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485358[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485359[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]485360[/ATTACH] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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