These crush tubes are essential for securing your wires or nylon threads in your jewelry creations. Use them to lock your beads in place or cleanly finish your assemblies with an elegant, professional finish.
These crush tubes are made of brass with a gold finish, giving them a luminous appearance. Their elongated cylindrical shape distinguishes them from round crushable beads and ensures a particularly firm hold on wired wire. The 50-piece pack is handy for keeping tubes on hand at all times when setting up.
Crush tubes are essential jewelry primers for fastening a clasp at the end of a necklace or bracelet, or for locking beads at a precise point on a wired thread. To use them, simply thread the tube onto the wire, pass the wire through the clasp, loop the wire back into the tube, then crush the tube with crush pliers. For a neat finish, the tube can then be covered with a crushable pearl cover. These tubes are ideal for necklaces, bracelets, ornaments and anklets.
Directions for use for crushable beads :
1. String pearls, for example, onto a cabled wire, then thread on a crush pearl.
2. Thread a clasp.
3. Thread the wire through the crush bead and pearls.
4. Crush the bead with suitable pliers.
5. For a perfect finish, place a crush pearl cover at the end of the pliers and squeeze the crush pearl to hide it.
Whether you're new to DIY jewelry-making or already have some experience, there are resources available to guide you. DIY tutorials cover many basic techniques: choosing the right wired thread, dosing the length of your jewelry, combining different primers for a clean finish, or understanding the differences between metal finishes. These practical worksheets are useful for progressing at your own pace and avoiding common assembly mistakes.
Features:
Tube inner diameter: 2.9 mm
Diameter: 3.5 mm
Length: 4 mm
Bag of 50 pieces.
