Comments on: Wrapping Your Tools to Protect Your Wire https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/wrapping-your-tools-to-protect-your-wire/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:18:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Jo https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/wrapping-your-tools-to-protect-your-wire/#comment-472117 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:18:31 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=4533#comment-472117 Thank you. I just saw the above intricate jewelry & my eyes went straight to the comments & missed the instruction.
And, thanks so much for the helpful link! : )

]]> By: Rena Klingenberg https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/wrapping-your-tools-to-protect-your-wire/#comment-459402 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:59:14 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=4533#comment-459402 In reply to Jo.

Hi Jo, thanks for asking! Generally when jewelry artists use tape on their pliers, they wrap one layer of tape around the plier jaws, to cushion against the sharp edges of the pliers. Also, most jewelry artists I know who use tape, tend to use the blue painter’s masking tape available in hardware / home improvement stores.

Also, you can see my suggestions for finished wire jewelry with no tool marks here:
6 Ways to Make Higher Quality Wire Jewelry

]]> By: Jo https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/wrapping-your-tools-to-protect-your-wire/#comment-459329 Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:34:24 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=4533#comment-459329 I had read to use electrical tape. ..??? I wanted to know if it’s better to use a strip of tape vertically or to actually wrap the pliers.

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