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Best glue for shells?
If you're going to state you opinion on a public forum you have to expect
that others will might have a response. Get over it yourself. What, I couldn't post my opinion ON your opinion right back atcha? In stating my personal opinion - when offering advice and criticism I don't feel the need to personally attack the person who's asking. They didn't ask what your opinion in regards to their taste - they were asking about a technique. And I answered it, so what if I added my own little spin to it, I ANSWERED! Now I'm over with it and done with this conversation. Umm... want congrats? Have a lovely day. I will! Hope you do too! :-) |
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Best glue for shells?
I think if I were you, I'd use those circles of metal with a loop, designed
to be applied to the back of a flat piece (like a cabochon, etc) to allow it to hang. It has a large enough surface to allow glue to hold -- if all the crystals will hang from the same place. And I'd put it under the design on the shell so you couldn't see it through the shell. If I wanted to hang crystals from several spaces, I think I'd flatten a piece of wire (hammer it), then put the string around the that wire and hanging down, and then glue that to the back. Again, so that you have adequate surface to glue. I think the glue I'd use would be E6000. There is also a site call This to That, that's all about gluing. http://www.thistothat.com/ The shells look cute. Tina "Flic" wrote in message oups.com... m3rma1d wrote: Flic wrote: I recently bought a very nice shell pendant but want to glue some jump rings on to the back of it so I can attach some strands to it. Would a normal super glue capable of glueing ceramics work ok? Strangely shells isn't one of the things they list on the back Is there a reason you don't wanna drill it? -- m3rma1d Two actually, the first being that I don't have the tools in order to do so, and the second that they have 3d design on the front which won't allow it. If you want to you can see a pic at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1 |
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Best glue for shells?
Flic wrote:
m3rma1d wrote: Flic wrote: I recently bought a very nice shell pendant but want to glue some jump rings on to the back of it so I can attach some strands to it. Would a normal super glue capable of glueing ceramics work ok? Strangely shells isn't one of the things they list on the back Is there a reason you don't wanna drill it? -- m3rma1d Two actually, the first being that I don't have the tools in order to do so, and the second that they have 3d design on the front which won't allow it. If you want to you can see a pic at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1 Did you consider using the existing hole? Otherwise, gorilla glue might work - and I would go with Tina's sugestion about the plates with the loops. Maren Palms, Etc.: Tropical Plant Seeds - Hand-made Jewelry - Plants & Lilikoi http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/~maren/palms_etc/ |
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Best glue for shells?
(But they can be drilled...)
But I don't have the tools Did you consider using the existing hole? I will to attach the main necklace, but wanted too add extra bits onto the bottom. Anyway, thanks for all the replies :-) |
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Best glue for shells?
If you do seed beads, a peyote bezel would be great too.
Tina "Flic" wrote in message oups.com... (But they can be drilled...) But I don't have the tools Did you consider using the existing hole? I will to attach the main necklace, but wanted too add extra bits onto the bottom. Anyway, thanks for all the replies :-) |
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Best glue for shells?
I have to agree with the E6000! For a special event in my family, I
made everyone simple pins, where I just glued a seashell to a tie tack. My husband does my laundry, and he didn't notice that I had left my pin on my shirt. It went through the washer and dryer at least twice before I got around to taking it off, and the pin and seashell are still attatched. Christina Peterson wrote: I think if I were you, I'd use those circles of metal with a loop, designed to be applied to the back of a flat piece (like a cabochon, etc) to allow it to hang. It has a large enough surface to allow glue to hold -- if all the crystals will hang from the same place. And I'd put it under the design on the shell so you couldn't see it through the shell. If I wanted to hang crystals from several spaces, I think I'd flatten a piece of wire (hammer it), then put the string around the that wire and hanging down, and then glue that to the back. Again, so that you have adequate surface to glue. I think the glue I'd use would be E6000. There is also a site call This to That, that's all about gluing. http://www.thistothat.com/ The shells look cute. Tina "Flic" wrote in message oups.com... m3rma1d wrote: Flic wrote: I recently bought a very nice shell pendant but want to glue some jump rings on to the back of it so I can attach some strands to it. Would a normal super glue capable of glueing ceramics work ok? Strangely shells isn't one of the things they list on the back Is there a reason you don't wanna drill it? -- m3rma1d Two actually, the first being that I don't have the tools in order to do so, and the second that they have 3d design on the front which won't allow it. If you want to you can see a pic at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1 |
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