Guest guest Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 Namaste Andrew, thanks for sharing your experience with us. Nice to hear the contrast is gone and how you tied the beads with string to dangle over a chopstick while boiling the bead - good idea! The "broth" can be mixed with bathwater as it contains vitamin C and other nutrients beneficial to skin too Ommmmm , "andrewngmm" <andrewngmm wrote: > > Hi, > > Boiled the beads, got a lot of oil residue out from the Ganesh bead > that came free with my order. I boiled my other beads but they needed > less time in the water. > > The contrast effect is now gone... It originally look was a like > silver jewellery with dark etchings but I suspect it be back again soon. > > Best way to go about it was to tied up each individually to a > chopstick with just enough length so that it does not touch the pot > and then leave it for an hour. > > Those strands/fibres are the pulp. I don't think it possible to 100 > percent remove all. I used a small pin to scrape out what I could. > Initially, boiling them was gave some heartache. They darkened a lot, > some part looked black. But once cooled, the blackness left. > > The "broth" smelled rather nice though. No I didn't drink it... > > Come to think of it, how does the Rudraksha berry taste like? > > Andrew > > , rudracenter > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Dear Andrew Ji > > > > Namaskar and thank you for your message...........another thing is > > that there may be some remaining of the dried fruit in the smallest > > of crevice on the bead......the oil would only enhance this to > > eyesight.........is a nice contrast ......... to make sure take a 10 > > power magnifying glass and look into the widest crevice to see what > > is actually there.......take a wooden toothpick to see if it move > > around and if soft...... if it is so dried on it will not move then > > to place in water that has been boiled and removed from stove for > > about an hour should soften up whatever it is you are seeing > > > > Is not something to worry about as I think the darker color in the > > crevices gives the Holy Rudraksha a good contrasting look to their > > outer surface > > > > hope this helps > > > > Rudra Center India and America > > > > DD > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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