What to do if your Silver Necklace Breaks?

Sterling Silver necklaces are easily vulnerable to breakage. Coming straight to the point, a tightly strung necklace is more likely to suffer breakage. First of all, let’s see some of the simple things to be followed to prevent the breakage of sterling silver necklaces. Beading wires are the most fundamental things needed to get started with necklace making. Flexible beading wires and beading threads are the best options. It is well and good to get 19, 21 or 49 strands of stainless steel wire, coated with nylon because Strands that only have 3 or 7 wires will kink easily. Beading threads come in different shades and are enough for light weight necklaces.

The next thing to choose is the color of the beads. Though color of the beads doesn’t have much part in deciding the strength, they do play an important role in deciding the final look of the accessory. There are many types of beads to choose like Swarovski crystals, Shells, Corals, Pearls, Horns, bone, wood, and resin, plastic and so on. While choosing the types of beads, try to avoid heavy beads as there are chances that they might break the string of the necklace. Always leave a small amount of slack space in the necklace. This will allocate some space for the beads to rotate and move around freely. This also prevents rubbing of beads with one another and forming rashes on skin. If the stringing material is too tight the necklace will be rigid and this can make the design look angular instead of slightly rounded like a necklace should be.

Always be careful that you are not cutting wire close to the crimp end. Leaving an extra inch of wire is well and good to prevent the sterling silver necklaces from getting broken easily. Don’t forget to hold the necklace in the air to check for any slacks in the wiring material. If not you would be noticing that there would be too much of slack left when completed making the design sloppy. Sterling silver crimps have better holding capacity than base metal crimps.

Well, necklaces are no more restricted to feminine community alone. Sterling silver men’s necklaces can add style and looks to any type of men. Check out the wide range of men’s silver necklaces available online and at your nearby retail outlets. By the way, men who wish to wear men’s silver necklaces should be aware of the fact that they should never wear silver and gold together. Usually silver looks great with colors like blue, green and red.