50 Meter Spool  0.3mm

Clear Beading Thread

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 50 Meter spool of 0.3mm diameter clear nylon beading thread. Especially made for beadwork projects, including Stringing, Weaving, Embroidery, Crochet and Bead Knitting as well as being equally suitable for other craft project that need a strong & clear nylon like making Mobiles, Model making, Wall hangings, Wind Chimes and Christmas decorations. 

• Clear Nylon BeadingTread
  
• Easy to Knot & Cut
  
• Strong - High breaking strain
• Abrasive resistant
• Non stretch
• Economical to use
• Made in the UK

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 We also stock 0.4mm &  0.6mm Copper & Brass wire that is perfect for all bead work, as well as Gold & Silver plated wires and a a range of 15 different coloured wires in 0.3mm & 0.6mm gauges

• 1 x 6" Loose leaf 90 Ply, Soft Cotton Buffing Wheel 
  
• 1 x Right side; Tapered nose (pigs tail) ( Left availiable if req)
  
• 1 x Jewellers Rouge Buffing wax
  

Below is shown an example of a triple stitched buffing wheel and a bench grinder converted with tapered noses ( bench grinder not included!)

0.2mm 0.3mm 0.4mm 0.6mm 0.8mm 1mm 1.2mm 1.5mm

We also sell a wide range of Silver plated, Gold Plated, Brass and Copper Wire suitable for Jewellery, Hobby and & Craftwork, in single packs, assorted selections and in large Trade packs. As well as a range of craft tools

• Silver Plated 0.2mm - 1.5mm            All sizes available from our Ebay Shop
  
• Gold Plated 0.2mm - 1mm
  
• Copper 0.4mm - 1.5mm           
• Brass 0.4mm - 1.5mm
• Coloured coated Copper wire 0.3mm - 0.6mm (range of 15 colours)
• Clear, Smoke, Black and a range of Fluorescent Beading Threads 0.3mm

I have written below some notes on wire Jewellery and other projects that each wire is commonly used and suitable for. Each wire is equally suitable for wire modelling, model making, hobby, cake toppers and other crafts uses. The thicker the wire the stronger and better at holding its shape it will be, as a general rule always use a thicker wire first, and then use a finer wire if you then feel it necessary.

For most jewellery projects it is recommended to use 1mm or 0.8mm. The thinner wires, such as 0.6mm and 0.4mm these are ideal for binding, bead work, wire wrapping and twisting together. The very fine 0.3mm and 0.2mm are ideal for Stitching, Sewing , Embroidery, Weaving and Crocheting work also used for jewellery binding work.  The thicker gauges of  1.2mm and 1.5mm are our best sellers,  although these thicker gauges are harder to bend and manipulate,  they do make attractive in bold, chunky design jewellerys,  is very popular  for making the main support for making cake toppers, as well as being a popular size for art sculpture and model work.  For the beginner I would recommend experimenting with copper wire as it’s softer and more flexible to work with.

 I am often asked questions about wire and below are answers to those most commonly asked.

Wire hardness
Most jewellery wire is now sold as either dead soft, half-hard, or hard, with dead soft being wire manufactured with a hardness of 0, half-hard being wire manufactured with a hardness of 2, and fully hardened wire being wire a hardness of 4. Dead soft wire is extremely soft and pliable, it can be easily bent and is excellent for making rounded shapes including a spiral. The disadvantage of using soft wire is that the finished piece is easily bent out of shape if not properly handled. As with most things, no single wire is perfect for all applications, all our wires are Half - Hard because Half-hard wire is a good compromise for jewellery & most craft work, in general and in an ideal world, all wire will be easy to bend, until in its final shape and then be very stiff, but this wire does not exist. Copper is a little softer when compared to Silver and Gold plated wire of the same gauge.

Gold Wire
A popular question that I am often asked is what carat Gold is the wire made from and the gold content? our gold plated wire is drawn from 24k gold which is then plated onto good quality copper to give a better reddish colour. With both Gold and Silver plated wires, all that ever varies is thickness of the plating, for example the proportion of gold in gold plated wire is quite small, being only plated a few molecules thick. Our gold plated wire is on drawn on average from one ounce troy of a gold bar per 1500 yards of wire which on average equates to 16 grains of gold per one metre of wire (approx). Exactly the same Gold plated wire is sold in many craft shops and Internet shops for £5.50 per coil. Due to our bulk buying power and our low overheads we can pass on direct savings, while our present stocks last as Gold prices are always on the increase.

Wire sizes
There are two defined methods of selling wire in the UK, the older American “gauge” system and the metric diameter system. We stock wire in a range of sizes from 0.2mm (finest) up to 1.5mm (thickest) For information purposes we have listed the closest gauge equivalent in our listings. The wire gauges range in size from a huge 0 gauge, which is roughly the size of a pencil, 0.8mm is roughly the thickness of standard size paper clip wire.

Recommend Tools
This is a difficult question as it’s a matter of personal choice, it’s a bit like asking a Chef to name a couple of ingredients and the list could go on and on,  but I would say just 4 basic pliers,  round nose pliers,  side wire cutters,  brass face flat pliers and a pair of bent nose pliers.

Then if you wanted to buy more then buy a flush (top cutting) cutting pliers, Needle nose pliers, flat nose pliers and a pair of combination short point pliers. If you are doing Bead work, then a Crimping pliers is a must have tool.

Other useful tools are a Jewellers Repousse hammer (for hardening, texturing, flattening and spreading wire) Then if the list went on to power tools, a Dremmel multi tool which is very useful tool and for which we sell Diamond burrs, Tungsten Carbide burrs and cut off discs . A bench grinder with one side converted with a 6” buffing wheel  is very handy and we sell the buffing wheels & adaptors and specialist polishing waxes, the list could go on as we sell everything you might need from Micro drills, Micro pin chucks, pin chucks, micro cutting broaches to jewellers screwdrivers,  magnifiers,  eye loupes and puffers as well as items like Clock and watch oils.

• Very Fine Wire
• Wire stitching, Embroidery, Weaving and Crocheting

• Fine Wire
• Wire stitching, Embroidery, Weaving and Crocheting
• Bead work

0.4mm is quite fine, a little thicker than 0.3mm. Very easy to bend twist and wrap, also used for Embroidery, Weaving, and Crocheting. It is equally suitable for intricate jewellery work like headpins, eyepins, tiaras and creating bead sprays with small beads such as freshwater pearls where 0.6mm wire may be just a bit too heavy. If you doing bead work gauge 0.4mm and 0.6mm are the most popular sizes used.

0.6mm wire (22 gauge)

•   Medium Fine Wire
•   General beading work
• Wire-wrapped loops, headpins, eyepins and ear-wires

A very popular and versatile gauge wire that has many uses, although not recommend for structures that may bend under pressure. Most commonly used for general beading work, but also suitable for stone wrapping of smaller crystals, semi-precious beads and freshwater pearls. Delicate jump rings can be made with this gauge wire. Also suitable for making wire-wrapped loops, headpins, eyepins and ear-wires. This wire is the most popular gauge for creating scrolls and coils on Cake toppers and is normally used together with 1.2mm. The Brass wire in this gauge is ideal to make Fishing floats and also Rabbit snares.

0.8mm wire (20 gauge)    ( 0.8mm is roughly the thickness of standard size paper clip wire)