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Beading Blog - thebroadroom.net: Rambles...
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posted by Colleen Shirazi,
March 31, 2007
at 11:33 AM (Pacific)
Thoughts for today:
The artbeads.com 3mm gold-filled crimp covers...even though they're a pain to use, since they must be manually opened wider in order to fit over 2mm sterling crimp tubes...re-use really well.
I tried that today...tried opening some used crimp covers. I had some that had been closed close to each other...the first one couldn't be reused, but the second one looked almost identical to a brand new crimp cover when I reused it on another piece (I would do this on pieces only for myself, of course).
The "bad" crimp covers went on my gold fill pile...found out on the jewelrymaking.about.com forum that www.monsterslayer.com accepts gold fill, as well as sterling silver, scrap (either they pay you for it, or else they discount your purchase).
Another thought...if you squeeze the artbeads 2mm sterling crimp tubes fairly lightly the first time, you usually can make tiny adjustments...slide the crimp tube up or down a little bit...without damaging the softflex. I did that today, realized I had too much slack on a bracelet (double crimped)...jacked the lower crimp tube down a bit and didn't have to restring (the slight extra gap isn't noticeable once you put the crimp cover on).
I hope I don't come across as some kind of self-sacrificing, saintly individual. rotfl My whole concept of doing a "cold turkey" involves not blowing all my money on beads right now...so I'll be able to stay in this game a whole lot longer.
And I am trying to be more conscientious about recycling scrap precious metal. I've had a sterling pile for a long time. I can admit I've been lazy about reusing the crimp covers, but realistically it's only one extra step to at least try to reuse them, and if the cover gets too mangled, it goes on the gold fill pile.Labels: beading notes
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