DIY Memorial Bead Kit

(4 customer reviews)

27.14€ EUR31.86€ EUR ex. Vat

DIY Memorial Bead Kit to make a resin memorial charm bead for Pandora bracelets. Includes a mould, inserts or core, UV resin and some of the tools needed, just add any combination of your cremation ashes, hair or fur, petals or anything else you’d like to include

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Description

DIY Memorial Bead Kit for making a large hole bead for a European style bracelet such as Pandora.

You will receive in your DIY Memorial Bead Kit:

You’ll also need to provide yourself (not included in the DIY Memorial Bead Kit):

Optional

Please read our Terms and Conditions and FAQ page before ordering.

925 Sterling EcoSilver

The silver in these kits, either glue-in inserts or fitted cores, are all 925 sterling EcoSilver. Please see our blog on Types of Solid Silver which explains the care instructions for the silver and the metal content.

How to Use A Memorial Bead Kit Mould

You can read our full blog here on making a Cremation Ashes Large Hole Bead with all the links for the products you’ll need. Here’s the YouTube tutorial video

Here’s another tutorial with more in-depth instructions for Fitting A Bead Core with a Doming Punch Set

All Bead Tutorials

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 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.

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.

DIY Memorial Bead Kit 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 Memorial Bead Kit 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.

Finish by glueing in a pair of inserts (known as grommets) as shown in the lock of hair bead video, or a Forever In My Heart ♥ core. We cannot guarantee a perfect fit/coverage due to the handmade nature of the moulds and differences in cutting/sanding the casts and doming. Each mould will be slightly different in pouring spout size. If you are unsure please order a single mould to test, make a test cast and finish to check your settings.

Inserts are compatible with all size bead mould, whereas the Forever In My Heart ♥ core sets are only compatible with medium, medium plus, faceted and honeycomb moulds. Cores are supplied with a 6mm ball bearing which you can use to gently flare out the back of part A to fit it in place, or you can use a doming punch set. Some clients do use the cores in large beads, and glue them in as they are too short to flare in a large bead.

Contact Us

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Additional information

Weight N/A
charm bead style

medium, large, faceted, slim, super slim, honeycomb, large sparkly

silicone type

water clear

kit

ashes/hair/cord kit

insert/core

glue-in inserts, Forever In My Heart ♥ core, Always With Me core, blank core, Over The Rainbow Bridge

4 reviews for DIY Memorial Bead Kit

  1. frannyp (verified owner)

    Purchased to expand my cremation ashes jewellery business. Excellent kit with everything you need to get started – think I had medium mould. Produced 10 beads for my first order – great shape and fit for the European bracelets. Forever in my heart cores are stunning and finish the pieces off beautifully.

  2. Louise Spencer (verified owner)

    Was so happy with this product the tutorial videos make it so easy to make (and I’m not a professional) so I now have a beautiful charm containing my nans ashes. the messenger chat was very helpful for asking questions and advice to make my charm perfect

  3. Audrey Blair (verified owner)

    This was my first order and WOW, over the moon with my order. Nikki has thought of everything. Packaged neatly and with a free sample too. The resin mixes are gorgeous and you get a lot for your money. I will definitely be back for more. 10/10

  4. Ashley Barclay (verified owner)

    My 1st order and I’m amazed everything included and well thought of, all packed nicely. Great starter pack 10/10

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