Has anyone known their beads to come out of their containers? I noticed some white flecks dropping out of my tube of beads onto some of my sticks.
If you spray the beads with distilled water they will break up. This does not hurt the function of the beads. The only way to keep this from happening is to allow the beads to soak up the water from the air. Place the beads and a container of distilled water in tupperware or spare cooler. Takes a lot longer but beads will not break up. Hope that helps.
I have a Vino set up with 1 lb. of HF 65% beads divided up into 4 - 4 oz. batches inside pantyhose placed in small open tupperware containers dispersed throughout the Vino.
I spray the beads also with distilled water and see the small particles also breaking off.
Was wondering if occasionally just placing a bowl of distilled water at the bottom of the Vino would be enough to regularly re- hydrate the beads?
Was wondering if occasionally just placing a bowl of distilled water at the bottom of the Vino would be enough to regularly re- hydrate the beads?
Cracking and flaking of the beads does not effect their performance, no worries.
I used the tubes for a while, but I hated:
1. That I couldn't really tell when the beads needed recharging in the tubes
2. Getting flecks.
I got a couple of packages of knee-hi stockings for 60 cents at Walgreen's. Divided all of my beads into 2 ounce packages. No more flecks, and I spray right onto the fabric. Problem solved.
And they hold a rock-solid 65%.
Hello Tenor
I am going to buy some bead tubes, but after reading about the cracking, I think I am going to go the way that you described. I have a question for you, I do not know if it is irrelevant, but how many stockings did you use per package.