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FABULOUS Vintage 7/8" Bakelite Bracelet! Beautiful Marbled Blue/Custard Colors!
$ 79.19
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Description
This GORGEOUS Vintage Bakelite bracelet is 7/8" wide and has been restored to its original beautiful bright marbled sapphire blue and custard colors.Not only are the colors amazing, but the heavily marbled pattern only serves to accentuate those colors even more. This is one AWESOME bangle!!
Over the years the patina had oxidized into a greenish yellow color, and the bracelet had accumulated a fair amount surface wear. The differences in color between the blue and custard colors had become obscured as the patina aged. (See photo #10 for pre-restoration color and results of Simichrome polish test)
The bracelet has now been restored to its original end of day marbled colors, the surface wear removed, and this bracelet is stunning!!
The bracelet weighs 14 grams and has a standard 2.5" interior diameter.
NOTE: As part of the refurbishment process, surface dirt and the discoloration of the Bakelite that occurs as it oxidizes from exposure to sunlight is removed.
Sunlight not only causes the color of the Bakelite to change, but sunlight also draws
the chemical that reacts to the Simichrome polish in Bakelite to the surface. When testing with Simichrome polish, this chemical (pheno-formaldehyde) is what causes the chemical reaction that changes the pink color of the Simichrome polish to a nicotine yellow which indicates a positive result for Bakelite.
So until the bracelet has been exposed to sunlight for some period of time, the bracelet will not test positive with Simichrome polish. However, this bracelet passes the hot water test for Bakelite with flying colors!! There are no chips or cracks in the bracelet.
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