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<p>[QUOTE="Marko, post: 903964, member: 210"]I would have crawled through fire for those Venetian beads. I usually don't see rhinestone rondelles on original Venetian beading, I thought the rebeader added them. She did a nice job. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have never had wire chain break on me, but I can't tell you how many times I have had old thread give out. I remember picking up a rainbow/iris glass double strand faceted necklace, only $25 in my antique mall, and the string gave out. They glared at me, but it wasn't my fault the string was dry rotted and couldn't hold the beads. I played 52 pickup then because I was getting every single one of those beads they don't produce anymore. I picked up an old mother of pearl strand, very heavy, should have bought it, and the string broke. The seller was understanding. </p><p><br /></p><p>I went to Wal-mart to get Simichrome, but the guy was too busy playing on his cell phone to help me except to say he never heard of it. I looked all over, gave up, and ordered it from Amazon Prime. I will keep you posted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marko, post: 903964, member: 210"]I would have crawled through fire for those Venetian beads. I usually don't see rhinestone rondelles on original Venetian beading, I thought the rebeader added them. She did a nice job. I have never had wire chain break on me, but I can't tell you how many times I have had old thread give out. I remember picking up a rainbow/iris glass double strand faceted necklace, only $25 in my antique mall, and the string gave out. They glared at me, but it wasn't my fault the string was dry rotted and couldn't hold the beads. I played 52 pickup then because I was getting every single one of those beads they don't produce anymore. I picked up an old mother of pearl strand, very heavy, should have bought it, and the string broke. The seller was understanding. I went to Wal-mart to get Simichrome, but the guy was too busy playing on his cell phone to help me except to say he never heard of it. I looked all over, gave up, and ordered it from Amazon Prime. I will keep you posted.[/QUOTE]
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