Pearls are quite durable to water and soap, not detergent.
My mother started stringing in the 30's cause of hole in heart. Which was fixed in 1957.
We still string and she passed on in 02 outliving all her doctors. ANYWAY we always
string the dirty ones on cotton cord. Double. Then loop over a fawcet,turn it on then
with ivory soap hands wash back and forth. Cotton absorbs the soap water and cleans the holes. Rinse the same way sliding the pearls back and forth rinsing the outside and
the holes. Fluff dry on a cotton terry cloth. Slide on to anorher cotton and slide bback and forth to dry holes. Then slide onto silk and knot.
Norm
My mother started stringing in the 30's cause of hole in heart. Which was fixed in 1957.
We still string and she passed on in 02 outliving all her doctors. ANYWAY we always
string the dirty ones on cotton cord. Double. Then loop over a fawcet,turn it on then
with ivory soap hands wash back and forth. Cotton absorbs the soap water and cleans the holes. Rinse the same way sliding the pearls back and forth rinsing the outside and
the holes. Fluff dry on a cotton terry cloth. Slide on to anorher cotton and slide bback and forth to dry holes. Then slide onto silk and knot.
Norm
