Dipped Bracelet
Dipped Bracelet
Making leather wristbands is inexpensive and fun. Whether you decide to pick up a kit for a couple dollars at your local craft store or make a wristband from scratch yourself, these personalized crafts are fun for young and old alike.
1. If you’re not using a leather wristband blank or kit, cut paper to form as strip as wide as the leather wristband you’ll be making. Use the paper strip to measure around your wrist and mark with a pen the size that feels most comfortable to you, where the paper overlaps leaving room at both ends for the edge of your bracelet (1/4 - 1/2 inch is fine). The mark is where your snap or rivet will go. Trim excess. Use the strip of paper as your pattern to cut your leather to size with a utility knife on the wooden block. Let the marks on your paper guide you as to where to place your rivets or snaps. Once the snaps/rivets are in place, test it on your wrist to make sure it fits comfortably.
2. Don’t want a straight edge on your leather wristband? Draw the pattern you would like to cut into the edges on a piece of paper and using it as a template, cut your leather into the shape you’d like with your utility knife.
3. To stamp leather, first draw the design you wish to create on your wristband. Find the center of your design and your wristband. Working from the center of your design outward, select your first leather stamp and fit it over the end of your leather stamping tool handle. Set aside. Dip your sponge into the bowl of water and wring out the excess. Place your leather on the wooden block. Dampen the leather with your sponge. Water should not pool on your leather. Be sure to keep your leather wet as you work or the leather will not take the stamp clearly! Place the end that has the leather stamp of your leather stamping tool handle to your leather. Strike the other end of the leather stamping tool handle with your wooden mallet. Check your impression. If the lines aren’t dark, your leather may not be wet enough or you may need to swing your mallet more forcefully. Complete your design.
4. Want to add rivets? Mark on the bracelet you would like your rivets. Place rivet on one end of rivet setting tool against where you’d like your rivet and strike the other end with your mallet.
5. Want to add color? Use leather dyes to cover larger areas. Sharpies are great for small, detail work in your design.
6. Once your leather wristband is completely dry, apply a thin coat of Leather Sheen or another commercial finisher with a small paintbrush. Leather Sheen goes on milky white, but dries clear so don’t panic! Cover the entire piece of leather, not just your design. Allow to air dry.
eHow. “How to Make Leather Wristbands.” How To. 18 Sep. 2009 [http://www.ehow.com/how_4891714_make-leather-wristbands.html].
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Jewelry such as bracelets, necklaces, earrings and rings has always honored the human form since ages and is a special favorite with the female population. Jewelry pieces are collected and jealously hoarded, but cleanliness is very often forgotten. In such cases, once a brilliant piece of jewelry loses its shine and begins to seem dull. This is because dust and dirt, not to mention the body lotions perfumes or more is used, it takes its toll on the brightness.
Before embarking on the process of cleaning that certain things to take into account all closures, ends that hold jewelry together must be reviewed to verify that they are installed correctly and the assembly of the stones are firmly fixed. The cleaning of delicate pieces of jewelry requires special care and your jeweler should be consulted before applying any cleaning solution on them. While cleaning any piece of jewelry, either gold or silver means more or less the same techniques, however, has been segmented cleaning the sake of clarity.
It `s important to use soft cotton or flannel cloth to clean silver jewelry such as rings, earrings or necklaces. There is also a cloth special silver available to clean your silver jewelry that has anti-pigmentation. A silver plate, which is like a liquid cleaner or a paste of baking Sodium can also be used to remove tarnish. Be careful though, do not use the bathroom to clean silver with precious stones, as they may react negatively chemicals present in the solution.
To remove dirt, mix a small amount of liquid detergent or soap in warm water and clean your silver jewelry with this mixture. The jewelry must then be washed in warm water and wipe with a soft cloth and allowed to dry. A toothbrush can also be used, but must be gentle washing and jewelry washed with water. If the jewelry has intricate scrollwork or filigree work, a soft toothbrush should be used for cleaning it gently.
Gold jewelry should be soaked in hot water and soap for 10 to 15 minutes and then scrubbed with a toothbrush. Take care that the bristles teeth are soft and not hard. Then rinse with warm water and let it dry. Adding a touch of ammonia in the soapy water will help remove the stain, if any. Alcohol is also very useful for removing dirt from his gold jewelry. Just dip the pieces into alcohol and then dry them.
"Diamonds are forever" but unfortunately some of us can be fairly loose to keep "a girl` s best friend, "Clean! Hardly any women have not kept a wish secret to mock diamonds. But to maintain their diamond rings, earrings, bracelets and necklaces shining like new, cleaning them necessary.
A solution of warm water and mild detergent or ammonia can be used to soak the pieces of diamond jewelry and then wash gently with a toothbrush. Zones difficult can be cleaned with the help of a toothpick. That the jewelry dry in a tissue or a clean cloth. When cleaning your diamond jewelry, remember to avoid use of chlorine, damaging the shine of jewelry.
Pearls should never be soaked in soapy water, but should be rubbed with a soft, clean, has been soaked in water. Then gently rinsed and left to dry.
Cleaning your jewelry regularly will help maintain its shine for a long time and you can use different bijoux proudly.
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