Aging Ivory beads...A progress report..

[Jerry VanHorn]

After a couple days in a mix ..(from Dean R.) of black tea.(Earl Grey) and Iodine, there seems to be some success..I put 3 beads from various suppliers in the mix. I'm sure one was mammoth ivory. That one has darkened to a grey color that about matches my middle bead. Even the other 2 took on some color that toned down the white. I am not sure if they are ivory ?. I also put in a mid bead that has a metal sleeve..(I think it was a Marbles product)..but it stayed white as snow. My friend is dropping off some amber shellac..(per Jeff K.)..so i'll do an experiment with it too....I'm going to use the darkened one on the PH 20..I'll report about the amber shellac...