| I have had mixed results with gluing, I have found it to be very effective in lower quality or more boroque shapes, and insufficient in round, good quality pearls. If you have a larger pearl that is half-drilled, it is possible to either enlarge the drill hole or use the post with epoxy.
However, it is possible, especially with irradiated treated and heatment annealed black pearls to cause permanent damage with the epoxy, however, with the freshwater loose pearls I sell, I have never seen damage from glue, even when the glue does not hold as well as hoped. |