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How can I unglue beads from a string?

I inherited quite a few strings of beads from my grandmother. In some cases, the beads are glued onto the string. I'd like to be able to reuse the beads. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I might be able to dissolve the , or otherwise remove the beads from the string?

Try a hot air blower. Not a hair dryer but the ones they use to remove paint from furniture. You can prob find one at lowes or home depot

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How do I safely removed beads from fabric?

I bought a black dress that has a sheer jacket type top, and it has beads on it (glued). I think the dress would look even better without the beads, but don't want to attempt anything that will ruin the dress top. Is there a way to safely loosen or remove them? I'm sure it's a synthetic fiber, though not sure what type.
I pulled one off a while ago on accident and they do come off easily, but leave the residue (very lightly seen). It's not a strong .

I wouldn't remove anymore because if the is lightly seen it might make it look worse and messy i think it Will completely ruin the dress but that's my opinion..But it's up to you :)

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Beading Projects : How to Make Bead Lanyards

Making lanyards with beads involves stringing them onto a 36-inch piece of wire, attaching a key ring and ending the piece with a crimp bead and a smaller bead. Create beaded lanyards as a decorative way to hold keys with advice from a professional beaded jewelry designer in this free video on beading.

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How many beads would each student get in this problem?

Jan, Pedro, Malcolm, Juanita, and Shelley were going to make beaded jewelry to sell at the craft booth from beads they had collected. They decided that Jan would get 1/3 of the beads, Pedro would get 1/4 of the beads, Malcolm would get 1/6 of the beads, Juanita would get 1/8 of the beads, and Shelley would get 1/9 of the beads.

not enough information. there is no total, no necessary info.

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