Thank you so much for this video. My daughter has worn her pearl necklace every single day for 2.5 years. She went off to college, and it broke while she was at practice. Because of your video, I was able to repair it for her. We both appreciate you sharing your knowledge. THANK YOU.
I have to say how wonderful it was to have you reinform me on how to string pearl with the beading tool. It has been so long since I restrung pearls, I had forgotten a few tricks. Thanks again for you great advise. Your voice was easy to listen to, and you seem very knowledgeable. I owned a manufacturing jewelry store in Los Gatos Ca until I was diagnosed with Cancer and had to sell. I employed four bench men, I did all the designing, with a thriving business. I miss It with all my heart, and wish I could go back, unfortunately all my tools, benches and everything that was my life, my family sold, thinking I was going to die in 6 months, hear I am 25 years + still kicking. They stole everything. Except my gemstone collection. If you every want some stones on consignment, I would be happy to send you a selection. My prices are from 1974- 1996, Im not current on gemstone pricing. Good luck on everything you do! John J CermaK III
Sorry I am just seeing this and thank you and I'm glad you are still here and sorry you had to sell everything. If I do need gemstones I will reach out to you and appreciate it. Thanks
Very recently, my mom requested if I can re-string her broken pearl necklace. While I can confidently repair pearl (costume jewelry) necklaces, I initially declined to do anything on her real necklace. I know there’s a certain technique using silk thread. But through your video, I can now move forward and repair her necklace. Thank you very much for your very detailed explanation. And thank you for your patience. 🙂
Great video! I followed all of your instructions & advice & my opera length, cultured pearl necklace was repaired beautifully! The necklace was passed down to me & needed to be restrung. Since wearing it, I have received many compliments! Thank you so much for your great video!❤
Fabulous video. Great tutorial, enjoyable to watch and thank you for going at a steady pace and not rushing this. Your voice is so clear and exact, caught every word. Im looking forward to getting my pearls out now and restringing and i feel confident to do this. Cant wait to look at your other videos. Again, thank you. ❤
I held out forever not wanting to use a knot tool or French wire. But my pieces just wouldn’t be as professional as I wanted them to look 😂 guess I’ll do it the tried and true method and see how that works
Please stay in frame and have a camera that will 'auto-focus. This was jumpy. The tiny coil of wire at each end of the necklace protects the wire from getting frayed by excessive movement of the metal parts(clasp, findings, beads) and is called french wire. Hope this helps and good luck from a fellow designer.
Wow, because I’m very crafty I watched this video thinking I may be able to get some supplies to repair a gemstone bead necklace instead of sending it in… now I’m thinking it’s money well spent paying someone to do a quality job on it. Thanks!
I do repair also. What quality brand French Wire is the best? Most of them make me itch. FireMountain has poor quality. A customer wanted gold or gold filled and I could not find any. Thank you.
I usually use sterling silver french wire for the most of my repairs. I've never seen any gold filled or even gold french wire only the brass kind. If a client of mine has a problem with the french wire the I use end caps made out of gold.
@@SandCWatchRepair Hello! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience! Where do you buy your sterling silver French wire? I can only find base metal ones! And do you think it's necessary to have different diameters or do you have just one (maybe the 1mm one)that fits all the jobs? Thank you and cheers from Italy! Sara
@@sarasaruzza5579 Hello Sara, I get mine from riogrande.com. Yes, get a number of different sizes. You will notice that you will mostly use one size but every now and then you will get pearls where you will have to use thicker string. Hope that helped
You can put some of the jewelry shield on any metal that comes in contact with skin to prevent allergic reactions and Etsy has some gold French wire from Patricia Saab designs. Pearls are her expertise and she actually teaches and trains on all things pearl
By any chance, can you please make a tutorial on how to repair those inexpensive watch pieces? I have a couple wherein I like the “shell,” but whose mechanisms have broken down. Some will say: oh just throw them away and buy something else. I believe in repairing and using things until I’m very certain I can no longer use them. 🙂
@@SandCWatchRepair, thank you for question. Sorry I had not been clear enough. I was referring to the mechanism itself. The whole watch just stopped working even I had replaced its battery. The person at the watch shop to which I brought (my inexpensive timepieces) said you need to replace the entire mechanism. Hmm, I am still hoping I can “fix” them on my own. Any advice? Thank you.
Not professional at all. You should never reuse the French wire, because it gets the most wear and tear, becomes kinked and tarnished. Both on your necklace are not long enough, it's showing the thread through the coil. Professional pearl stringers don't use beading tools or glue, because they know how to knot and finish properly. They also use single thickness pure silk thread the right size that matches the hole, not multiple strands of nylon cord knotted together, because the pearls/beads wont hang right. You can see where you cut the thread, it's sticking out and you only had one pearl on the finishing end, very unprofessional work. Better leave specialist techniques to the trained professionals.
Nice flex. at no part am I using nylon string and if you know so much about pearl stringing why dont you make a bunch of videos to show us how a professional is supposed to string pearls.
Tip: don't talk like an NPR talk show host. No one likes these droning, monotone people. They are boring, and always a turn off. After about two minutes, i decided to turn off your video and find someone else to learn this from.
Thank you for the tip, the reason for my voice sounding like it was on NPR is because I didn't want to wake up my two children who were naping while I was recording. I am sorry that you missed out on a lot of great information that would of produced professional results. Have a nice day.
Thank you so much for this video. My daughter has worn her pearl necklace every single day for 2.5 years. She went off to college, and it broke while she was at practice. Because of your video, I was able to repair it for her. We both appreciate you sharing your knowledge. THANK YOU.
I have to say how wonderful it was to have you reinform me on how to string pearl with the beading tool. It has been so long since I restrung pearls, I had forgotten a few tricks. Thanks again for you great advise. Your voice was easy to listen to, and you seem very knowledgeable. I owned a manufacturing jewelry store in Los Gatos Ca until I was diagnosed with Cancer and had to sell. I employed four bench men, I did all the designing, with a thriving business. I miss It with all my heart, and wish I could go back, unfortunately all my tools, benches and everything that was my life, my family sold, thinking I was going to die in 6 months, hear I am 25 years + still kicking. They stole everything. Except my gemstone collection. If you every want some stones on consignment, I would be happy to send you a selection. My prices are from 1974- 1996, Im not current on gemstone pricing. Good luck on everything you do! John J CermaK III
Sorry I am just seeing this and thank you and I'm glad you are still here and sorry you had to sell everything. If I do need gemstones I will reach out to you and appreciate it. Thanks
Very recently, my mom requested if I can re-string her broken pearl necklace. While I can confidently repair pearl (costume jewelry) necklaces, I initially declined to do anything on her real necklace. I know there’s a certain technique using silk thread. But through your video, I can now move forward and repair her necklace. Thank you very much for your very detailed explanation. And thank you for your patience. 🙂
Great video! I followed all of your instructions & advice & my opera length, cultured pearl necklace was repaired beautifully! The necklace was passed down to me & needed to be restrung. Since wearing it, I have received many compliments! Thank you so much for your great video!❤
Fabulous video. Great tutorial, enjoyable to watch and thank you for going at a steady pace and not rushing this. Your voice is so clear and exact, caught every word. Im looking forward to getting my pearls out now and restringing and i feel confident to do this. Cant wait to look at your other videos. Again, thank you. ❤
Thank you very much for video ❤❤❤
Thank you, I just got that tool, can’t wait. 🤩
I like the French wire attached at end near the clasp, which prevents the silk from breaking.
It is easy to break
Thank you, This is so helpful.
Waou!
Top tutorial- thank you🤣🤣
Amazing! And thanks for showing how to fix my pearls!!
Thank you so much for this video !
I held out forever not wanting to use a knot tool or French wire. But my pieces just wouldn’t be as professional as I wanted them to look 😂 guess I’ll do it the tried and true method and see how that works
Than you for wonderful tutorial.Very informative.
Please stay in frame and have a camera that will 'auto-focus. This was jumpy. The tiny coil of wire at each end of the necklace protects the wire from getting frayed by excessive movement of the metal parts(clasp, findings, beads) and is called french wire. Hope this helps and good luck from a fellow designer.
He explained it was his first video recording. Soooo, patience? :) I thought he did great!
Thank you very much for the detailed instruction! SY VH
This vid really really really really REALLY HELP ME A LOT THANK U 👀❤️👌🏻
I love it thank you very much I'm going to keep up with your videos
Thank you .
Thank you
The best video. Thank you 😊 👍👍👍
Wow, because I’m very crafty I watched this video thinking I may be able to get some supplies to repair a gemstone bead necklace instead of sending it in… now I’m thinking it’s money well spent paying someone to do a quality job on it. Thanks!
Your welcome, you can always send it to me if you can't find someone to repair it.
Aloha from Hawaii
Keep up the great work
Aloha and thank you I appreciate the comment
I wish my eyesight were still good enough to do this. Even with glasses. Oh to be young(ish) again.
Does silk string not stretch? I though you’d want to pull the string first to prestretch it so you don’t end up with gaps in your pearls
Where do you buy the materials.?
I have a old watch that was my grandma’s it’s a wind watch do you fix this kind ?
Yes, I definitely work on wind up watches
scwatchrepair@gmail.com
If you would like to reach out
I do repair also. What quality brand French Wire is the best? Most of them make me itch. FireMountain has poor quality. A customer wanted gold or gold filled and I could not find any. Thank you.
I usually use sterling silver french wire for the most of my repairs. I've never seen any gold filled or even gold french wire only the brass kind. If a client of mine has a problem with the french wire the I use end caps made out of gold.
@@SandCWatchRepair Hello!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Where do you buy your sterling silver French wire? I can only find base metal ones!
And do you think it's necessary to have different diameters or do you have just one (maybe the 1mm one)that fits all the jobs?
Thank you and cheers from Italy!
Sara
@@sarasaruzza5579 Hello Sara, I get mine from riogrande.com. Yes, get a number of different sizes. You will notice that you will mostly use one size but every now and then you will get pearls where you will have to use thicker string. Hope that helped
You can put some of the jewelry shield on any metal that comes in contact with skin to prevent allergic reactions and Etsy has some gold French wire from Patricia Saab designs. Pearls are her expertise and she actually teaches and trains on all things pearl
@@SandCWatchRepair Hi! Can you please tell me what size, in mm, is the French wire in your video? Also, thank you so much for your awesome video!
By any chance, can you please make a tutorial on how to repair those inexpensive watch pieces? I have a couple wherein I like the “shell,” but whose mechanisms have broken down.
Some will say: oh just throw them away and buy something else. I believe in repairing and using things until I’m very certain I can no longer use them. 🙂
Are you talking about repairing the clasp?
@@SandCWatchRepair, thank you for question. Sorry I had not been clear enough. I was referring to the mechanism itself. The whole watch just stopped working even I had replaced its battery.
The person at the watch shop to which I brought (my inexpensive timepieces) said you need to replace the entire mechanism. Hmm, I am still hoping I can “fix” them on my own. Any advice? Thank you.
You mention you use Size E thread, I can only see sizes in 0-14 and 0.3mm - 1.2mm. On that scale what would be a E classified as? Thanks
0.0128 inches or 0.3251mm
Is the string measurement calculated for the initial single ply before doubling it, adding the needle and knotting?
The calculation includes knotting, I am only calculating the string as needle does not need to be calculated
@@SandCWatchRepair sorry but is the cord doubled when you count it? Or is the 4x +15” a measure of the total cord length?
Don't you have to glue the last string going through the last pearl ?
No, I never use glue for this kind of job. The only time I use glue is when I have to use end beads
J
great just filming you need a better set up
Can’t see what you’re doing bud.
Not professional at all. You should never reuse the French wire, because it gets the most wear and tear, becomes kinked and tarnished. Both on your necklace are not long enough, it's showing the thread through the coil. Professional pearl stringers don't use beading tools or glue, because they know how to knot and finish properly. They also use single thickness pure silk thread the right size that matches the hole, not multiple strands of nylon cord knotted together, because the pearls/beads wont hang right. You can see where you cut the thread, it's sticking out and you only had one pearl on the finishing end, very unprofessional work. Better leave specialist techniques to the trained professionals.
Nice flex. at no part am I using nylon string and if you know so much about pearl stringing why dont you make a bunch of videos to show us how a professional is supposed to string pearls.
Tip: don't talk like an NPR talk show host. No one likes these droning, monotone people. They are boring, and always a turn off. After about two minutes, i decided to turn off your video and find someone else to learn this from.
Thank you for the tip, the reason for my voice sounding like it was on NPR is because I didn't want to wake up my two children who were naping while I was recording. I am sorry that you missed out on a lot of great information that would of produced professional results. Have a nice day.
Wow how bitter