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Old 02-27-2008, 05:20 PM
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PowerPro degrades in sunlight (as does silk) As fishing line, it is usually in the sun. None of my strands done in moss green has lost any color yet (I have been using PowerPro for a year). I kind of like the moss green for your Tahitian strand. BTW, I hang my pearls out where I can see them. I rotate them in and out of pegs on the bathroom wall too, so they don't get their conchilion (it's a protein) dried out in this dry Arizona heat, and there has been no stretch- even in the big, long strands.

Nevertheless I like that magic marker idea and will try it. That could be the solution to the limited colors.

I do sometimes use Dandyline in that smoky gray color. It is made of similar material (some kind of spectra). It is softer on the hands. You should wax it, so it won't tangle.

Good l;uck and give us a report.
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