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This is Julie for Beadaholique.com and today I want to show you how to use a crimp bead
cover.
And what and what a crimp bead cover looks like is this.
You see it's almost like a U shape and inside it's hollow.
It's got nice rounded edge and the gap in the middle.
They come in a variety of sizes and finishes and you can see some are quite
decorative. This one here is ribbed and this one got some texture going to it.
The size of the crimp bead cover you're going to need is based upon the size of the
crimped bead you are going to be covering. When you go to purchase a crimp bead cover
it will usually tell you
what size crimp bead it does cover.
If you look at a necklace like the one I have here it is basically done.
It's all finished. It's intact. It has it's clasp on
and I've connected
it to the clasp via beading wire which I've used a crimp bead to attach it with.
Now I could just leave the necklace like this, it is finished and it's great but
if you wanna have a really professional clean look what you'll want to do is take a
crimp bead cover and cover up that crimp bead.
Now one of the benefits of crimp bead covers you can see I have a nice
matching brass one which is going to go well my clasp.
I actually used a copper crimp bead for this necklace because I knew I was going to
cover it up in that it wasn't going to be seen. So I happen to have a copper
crimp bead handy. So I just went ahead and I used it. I didn't worry that I
didn't have a matching one.
So the way you're going to do this is you take
your chain nose pliers
and you're going to grab
your crimp bead cover
between the teeth.
I just exerting a little bit of pressure
and I'm just going to put that right over my crimp bead
and then I'm just going to squeeze the sides together to close that gap
and that's all there is to it.
Another advantage to
a crimp bead cover is if you have a little bit of a gap in your necklace you
can fill that gap with the crimp bead cover. Just squeeze the sides
together and it's going to look just like another bead
or if you have a knot you can go ahead and cover the knot as well with a
crimp bead cover.
So a very handy finding. Super easy to use and it just gives you that finished
polished look.
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