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    Posted 7 years ago

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    boatsnavy
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    Hello,

    I came across a huge lot of beads at an estate sale this weekend. These stood out, and I am wondering if they are bakelite.

    Thanks for your help,

    Clay Hardman

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    1. JSmed, 7 years ago
      Stick one on it's end with a red hot tip of a pin. If it smells like ammonia it's celluloid, if it smells like an old overheating electric motor it's Bakelite. If it won't stick at all its glass.
    2. boatsnavy, 7 years ago
      Thanks, the smell I'm getting is overheating electric motor.
    3. pebble pebble, 7 years ago
      They look very similar to my Grandma's old beads here (the yellow one). I still don't know what mine are, definitely not glass so I'm following this post with interest!
    4. boatsnavy, 7 years ago
      These are definitely not glass.
    5. boatsnavy, 7 years ago
      A few handfulls of these, and hundreds of assorted glass and ceramic beads.

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