Repair Your Jewelry - How to Fix an Uncomfortable Necklace

If you have a necklace which pokes you in the3.String a crimp bead and a clasp to one end of
neck because of a jutting wire at the clasp, thenthe wire, approximately 5cm and loop back into
it should be fairly easy to fix. The steps are alsothe crimp bead. Pull the end of the wire to make
suitable to adjust the length of a beaded necklacethe loop smaller, say less than 1cm but enough
or bracelet to a length that you prefer.room for the clasp to move freely. There's
Things You'll Need:nothing more awkward than a clasp that is fixed
Crimping pliers or Needle-nosed pliersuntil there's no wiggle room.
Replacement clasps (if you want a different4.Crimp the bead with the need-nose or crimping
design)pliers. Crimping pliers always give a nicer and more
Crimp beadsprofessional finish to the crimp bead, or
Wire cutteralternatively using a crimp cover does the trick of
Beading wireconcealing it.
1.If you can, see whether it's possible to cut the5.Cut through one end of the old necklace and if
jutting end of the wire with a wire cutter. Bethe holes in the beads allow, restring the new
careful not to cut through the part holding thebeading wire through a few beads at a time so
beads itself! If you do try that and it doesn'tthat you don't have to remember the order of
work, you'll have to restring the necklace with athe beads.
new strand of beading wire. The most popular6.At the other end of the wire once restringing is
would be Tigertail.completed, slide a crimp bead and the matching
2.Measure the length of the beading wire againstclasp following instructions in step 3.
the necklace. Add an additional 10cm (approx)Voila! For less than 15 minutes of your time, you
then cut the wire. If you don't add the 10cm,now have a renewed piece of necklace that
then it will be very difficult to restring the beadsliterally won't be a pain in the neck!
back to the original length.