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Attaching a Crimp Bead

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Thinking about any jewelry making business?

In fact, it is your craft skills and determination that will allow you to make exceptional accessories for your souvenirs, gifts, and embellishments. Before you start doing it, it is significant to know some basic techniques that you will need to turn your items into stunning jewelry.

Crimp beads are tiny objects and keep the whole design together. So, it is significant a crimp which is worth your money. It is indeed frustrating when attaching a crimp bead and it keeps breaking, for it is essential when you need to end your jewelry making.

Let me show you the figure that shows three different parts of crimp: the clasps, crimp bead, and bead wire.

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There are mainly two types of crimp beads: round and tube shaped. The tube-shaped beads are most often accessible either in gold-filled or sterling, while the round ones are normally made from base metal.

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Wikihow illustrates proper ways on attaching a crimp bead and wire to finish a piece of jewelry, and how to fasten your wire to other findings.

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It also provides some basic instructions for attaching crimp covers over your crimp beads.

Aside from the tutorial shown above, significant skill for creating beaded jewelry is quite essential and learning how to close your crimp beads appropriately takes a lot of time and patience.

Once you have mastered the basic skills, here are some other ways you can follow to create your finished crimp beads to be look perfectly and nicely, as well.

Use the right crimp covers. These small, round findings are to be slipped over your crimp beads and  closed softly using a set of flat nose pliers.

Crimp Bead Covers Gold Plated/Finished Gold

When using crimping pliers with crimp beads, you must know how to do it so that you get a sturdy ending, Make sure that your loop is large enough. Before accidentally breaking your crimp, add a beading tool around the loop between the crimp and clasp. You do not need to have your loop so rigid until you can’t even move the clasp when opening and closing it.

Minimize the pressure on the beading wire so that there will not be too much tension on the crimp bead. This is one way to eliminate excess on your finished piece as well as, to string an accent bead before your clasp and after your crimp.

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Perfecting your crimping takes much practice and perseverance but it is worth your time and effort!

These are some tips that will help you on your way to have a rewarding craft and experience.

Happy crimping!

 

 

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