[Jewelry making - Article 00128] - Re: [Orchid] What should I be stringing on...

[Veronica Kubat]

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    Joanna, I'm not sure how you are ending the necklace (do you add a
    loop or clasp or anything?) and what you are stringing, where the
    breakage is occuring (at crimp bead or along string of beads), but
    here is my take: 

    Reasons for breakage could be: 

    Beads too heavy, rough edges Crimping crimp bead too hard and cutting
    Beadalon 

    Suggested tips: 

    With larger-holed beads or beads with rough edges, string some size
    15 seed beads (the smallest possible) if they fit thorough your
    desired beads - in other words, cover the Beadalon with seed beads
    and string your beads over that. 

    If the necklaces are breaking at the crimp bead, you are crimping
    the bead too tight. If you are not looping the wire back through the
    bead and hooking a clasp onto the end, that is what you need to do;
    loop back through the bead and into a few beads at the end of the
    string. 

    If you are crimping too tight and you can use a larger wire (49
    strand, etc.), that may solve the issue. 

    If you have any other problems, feel free to contact me and I'll be
    happy to help. I've had good success with the methods I use. 

Good luck.
Veronica
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