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Question about finished pieces

Right now, money is tight, and the best thing I can afford for stringing necklaces and bracelets, is beading thread. Is it safe to sell pieces strung on doubled up beading thread? I have a nice necklace that I would like to put up on E-Bay that is strung on doubled up beading thread, but am kinda worried that it might break, despite the test my son gave it by pulling on it, with his strong grip while he was wearing it one day (he likes the beads no matter what color, size, and shape they are, infact he has his own small strand of plastic cat's eyes on ribbon, since ribbon is a PITA to get undone when it is knotted, so that he can't get them off without scissors...he wasn't out of my sight with that necklace of course).

Anyway back to my original question, is it ok to sell a piece that is made on doubled up beading thread, or is there something better that I could use that is still cheap enough so as not to break the bank?

P.S. You can see that necklace at the link in my sig line. It is the one with the red glass rounds. And also do you think that I should make a bracelet or earrings to go with it, or just leave it alone to sell it?

-- Marissa Undercofler

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Marissa Undercofler
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If it were me, I'd re-string it on 30-50 lb. test Spiderwire Fusion (cheaper than PowerPro, but made of similarly strong stuff). That's going to be closest to things like SoftFlex or Beadalon in break-resistence. And it will cost dramatically less somewhere in the neighborhood of $6 for 150 yards, if memory serves.

If I had to knot it, I'd glue the knots. If I crimped it, I'd test carefully to make sure the crimps 'took' well before trusting it to the marketplace.

Deirdre

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Deirdre S.

I've sold seed beads on doubled D thread. But that was much lighter than this piece. The cost for a "spool" of good stringing material might be $5 to $25 but that's not much compared to beads, and will do a bunch of necklaces. Also not much compared to good findings

Tina

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Christina Peterson

And, I have a few! My b'day necklace (last year's) features one of her "Red Hat's", in the center of a double stranded "woolie worm" necklace.... My mom got a pink Easter bonnet necklace a couple of years ago.... Kaytee "Simplexities" on

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Kaytee

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Marissa Undercofler" :

]8lb test monofilament

uhm - generally not recommended - - monofilament deteriorates in sunlight and/or water. it's designed that way.

----------- @vicki [SnuggleWench] (Books)

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vj

NO! Kaytee "Simplexities" on

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Kaytee

What kind of thread and how heavy are the beads?

If it's Nymo and has any weight to it, I'd say, no.

Mary T. 8-)

Aunt Molly's Bead Street

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Mary Tafoya

I do re-stringing on strands of monofiliment all the time - it dries out and breaks.I use softflex and am very pleased with it. Patti

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Beadseeker

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