These tube-shaped Crimp beads are essential for creating your own 14K - 585 thousandths Gold Filled jewelry.
What are Crimp beads? They're small beads used to fasten the clasp of a necklace or bracelet and block your wire.
They can also be used to hold several beads together on jewelry when you want to space them out.
You can use them on corded wire, metal wire, macramé wire, nylon thread, leather cord or any other round cord.
How do I use Crimp beads?
1. Thread your strands of beads onto a wire.
2. Thread your crush tube and clasp.
3. Thread your thread through your crush tube and your beads.
4. Using crush bead pliers, crush your crush bead.
Now it's your turn to create! Need some ideas? Get inspired by our DIY gold-filled jewelry tutorials.
If you're a beginner, you can find tips and tricks for learning the basics of DIY costume jewelry making.
Opening a ring, setting a cabochon, making pretty finishes with a Crimp bead or forming a loop on a stem will no longer hold any secrets for you!
What is Gold Filled?
Gold Filled is the treatment of a metal (often based on brass) using a mechanical process to apply a layer of gold alloy of varying titration. The weight of gold alloy corresponds to 1/20 of the total weight of the product.
For the more inquisitive, we explain the differences between gold filled and gold plated, so you can choose the material that's right for you.
Much more resistant than conventional gold plating, a Gold Filled product will oxidize much more slowly.
If you want to further slow down the oxidation process, you should handle these components with gloves and avoid contact with perfumes, skin oils and lotions. You should also store them in a dry, temperate place.
Details:
Height: 3 mm
Diameter: 2 mm
Hole diameter: 1.3 mm
This product is coated with a flash of 14k gold to even out the color. The gold used in the manufacture of this product is recycled gold.
Sold in bags of 50.
