Large Bead Mould

(2 customer reviews)

CAD $20.80CAD $173.30 ex. Vat

Large charm mould for making charm beads. Handmade silicone mould with pouring spout for overflow. You can include your clients’ elements or inclusions such as breastmilk, lock of hair, umbilical cord and placenta or cremation ashes. Ideal for use with various inserts, see the compatibility chart below!

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Description

Large bead mould (mold) for making charms for Pandora style bracelets. They’re perfect for beads that make a great visual impact, for clients who want value for money with a larger piece.

Our Basic Breastmilk Jewellery Course covers how to make and finish breastmilk beads.Please read our full Terms and Conditions and FAQ page before ordering.

Large Bead Mould Dimensions

Diameter: 14mm (slightly narrower than before)
Thickness: 10mm
Internal hole diameter: 5.5mm

Compatibility

Glue-In Heart Charm Bead Inserts: Yes
Glue-In Thin Bead Inserts/Gold Plated Silver Glue-In Thin Bead Inserts: No
Forever In My Heart Cores/Breastfed With Love/Always With Me/Blank/Custom: No
China cheapie silver plated inserts: Yes

Using Silicone Moulds

Because they are made from water-clear silicone, our moulds (molds) they are ideal for all types of resin including UV curing resin. No need for polishing or sanding. We use a strong but flexible high quality silicone and each mould is hand made and checked.

Simply mix your resin with colours, sparkles, flowers or your clients’ elements or inclusions like breastmilk, lock of hair, umbilical cord and placenta or cremation ashes. Then add to the mould and cure in the usual way. Or you can add your resin to the mould before adding elements.

How to Use A Charm Bead Mould

You can read our full blog here on making a lock of hair and rose petal charm bead with all the links for the products you’ll need. Here’s the YouTube tutorial video

If working with UV resin we recommend you work in layers to achieve beautiful depths of colour.

These moulds are suitable for use with resin (UV resin, EcoResin, epoxy resin or polyester resin), concrete, polymer clay (air drying, heat curing such as Premo and Sculpey). We recommend removing the polymer clay from the mould before baking if not using air drying clay although they can be heated up to 130°C. To remove unset clay without warping it, we recommend cutting the mould vertically around halfway down. Although we use a food-safe silicone, we don’t recommend these moulds for use with food due to the manufacturing process.

Mould Life and Care

These moulds are sold for semi-permanent use and will degrade with use. This is normal and not classed as a fault. Please see our mould care information for more info. The life of your moulds will depend on the material used, the number of uses, how gentle you are using it, good storage, careful washing and environmental factors.

Test Cast

It is very important you do a test cast with each mould to check for imperfections, to remove any dust attained during transit and to make sure you are comfortable using the mould before making any jewellery. We advise you use UV resin for this and coat the inside of the mould in resin before curing, removing and making a visual check. If there is a problem with the test cast please get in touch within 7 days of receipt.

Settings and Findings

We recommend that you do not overfill the mould but allow a little extra resin in the pouring spout for bubbles to rise and to provide a grip to remove the cast. You can usually trim the excess before sanding, dome with resin if required.

Size fluctuations

The charm bead cores are never going to be 100% central as they’re made from glass/precious stone masters that are handmade. They may not be totally uniform, some may be up to 1mm larger or smaller in any direction than our guidelines. Whilst making charm beads at Tree of Opals over five years, I’ve literally never had a complaint about a core being off-centre from a customer, and these are the moulds we use for dozens of orders a wee in that business. If you require a guarantee of perfection please order from another supplier who can guarantee it, sorry.

Ideal for use with our solid silver large charm bead inserts!

Contact Us

If you have any questions please email us on info@keepsakersupplies.com or get in touch on our Facebook page Keepsaker Supplies (click here).

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Additional information

silicone type

water clear

country of manufacture

UK

ships from

United Kingdom

quantity

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2 reviews for Large Bead Mould

  1. mrscatherinereed (verified owner)

    Superb quality mould as always, really easy to see what you’re doing as it’s so clear. Produced beautiful shiny bead x

  2. keepsakesbygeorgy (verified owner)

    Clear and shiny I love it

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