Add Pinch Bails on Pendants to Create Gorgeous Necklaces

Fashion jewelry is more and more popular, and the number of the people who are interested in jewelry making is increasingly growing. Would like to make special jewelry? Why not have a try with adding pendants on pinch bails on your regular necklaces to make them brand-new and gorgeous?

Brass Pinch Bails, for Half-Drilled Beads

As to pinch bails, there are many varieties for your selection. They are available in gold, silver, platinum, red cooper, black etc, and are very easy to use. Pinch bails are normally used to hang charms, drops, dangles on necklaces or bracelets with a gorgeous look. Pinch bails do not require any glue. This is fantastic for those who are afraid that glued bails will eventually come off and ruin a wonderful fused glass pendant.

Brass Glue-on Flat Pad Bails

How to add a pinch bail on pendant?

1. Use a chain nose or needle nose pliers to gently open the pinch bail. Slip the pliers into the bail and exert pressure from the inside to avoid making marks on the silver.

1. Slip the prongs of the bail into the pendant hole. Gently press the bail closed by gripping the bail toward the top and exerting pressure. Position the pliers at the widest part of the bail. This is the most effective position to get the inside prongs to meet and securely hold the pendant. Don’t pinch the decorative area of the bail where the prongs are. The bail won’t close as tightly and there may be a gap between the inside prongs. Additionally you might mar the design with marks from the pliers and the pendant below could crack.

1. Your pendant is ready to use.

Those jewelry bails are not only made in different materials and plated in different colors, but also come in different designs. And please don’t ignore that those pinch bails will be a part of your design. That is to say, it is not only a finding on your necklace but also a decoration.

Pinch Bails, Platinum Color

Where to buy pinch bails?

There is a variety of fusing jewelry pinch bails are available on the market today. You can choose what you need and like for your design. They are easily purchased from your local craft stores and wholesale online stores. But I would like to suggest you to purchase them from online stores if you would like to get a larger selection. And PandaHall.com—aChinabeads, findings and gems online market will be a reliable choice. It could offer you a huge range of pinch bails at most reasonable wholesale prices.