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<p>[QUOTE="Eils14, post: 9529498, member: 14776"]Hi everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p> Thank you so much for all the responses so far, much appreciated to get all your thoughts on these.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to say though I do not think they are made of Fimo as there is a weight to them and from what I remember of Fimo it would be lighter than this (played with it as a kid but it has been a while so I could be wrong!) I have also noticed a sheen to some beads and what look like bubble holes, again consistent with glass. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't have my light box set up at the moment but I have taken some new close ups of some of the ends of the beads as best I can, so please excuse the fingers too! I also discovered they are dirty at the ends, although I tried to pick some cleaner ones for the photos, but apologies for any grime shown! I also took a photo of the weird blue blobs on some of the lighter blue plain beads....tried my finger against them and it seems to be coming off, and it is making me think it might be wax, though no idea why this would be on them?!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=8267]@2manybooks[/USER] let me know what you think of these close ups? There is definitely no white in them as you point out but you can definitely see some layering in them of the colours you mention. Any other thoughts welcome from others too. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]452529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452530[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452531[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]452532[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452534[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Eils14, post: 9529498, member: 14776"]Hi everyone, Thank you so much for all the responses so far, much appreciated to get all your thoughts on these. I have to say though I do not think they are made of Fimo as there is a weight to them and from what I remember of Fimo it would be lighter than this (played with it as a kid but it has been a while so I could be wrong!) I have also noticed a sheen to some beads and what look like bubble holes, again consistent with glass. I don't have my light box set up at the moment but I have taken some new close ups of some of the ends of the beads as best I can, so please excuse the fingers too! I also discovered they are dirty at the ends, although I tried to pick some cleaner ones for the photos, but apologies for any grime shown! I also took a photo of the weird blue blobs on some of the lighter blue plain beads....tried my finger against them and it seems to be coming off, and it is making me think it might be wax, though no idea why this would be on them?! [USER=8267]@2manybooks[/USER] let me know what you think of these close ups? There is definitely no white in them as you point out but you can definitely see some layering in them of the colours you mention. Any other thoughts welcome from others too. [ATTACH=full]452529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452530[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452531[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452532[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452533[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]452534[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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