Metal pendants for creativity with their own hands

Metal hangers are made of various materials, but most often they consist of a zinc alloy, aluminum and copper. From it cheap products are obtained. Some manufacturers can save on some component, thereby reducing the quality of the product. Unprocessed parts, roughness, brittle, unpleasant yellowish tint on the front side of the decoration and rubbing on the back - mean that the casting technology was not observed. Therefore, it is not worth chasing the low price of such products.

Varieties of accessories made of metal

Accessories for creating jewelry is color-coded: it can be bronze, golden or silvery. There are combined variants with patterns, patterns, additional decoration with rhinestones and enamel. Metal pendants are created in two ways: by means of casting and stamping. Stamped products - very light, well bend. They can be superimposed on each other, glued together, and given a new shape. If you bend the cast piece, it just breaks. From some types of stamped pendants make hats for non-standard beads.

The design and size of jewelry accessories have an unlimited number of options. Metal hangers can be double-sided - these products are used in the manufacture of earrings. Of the large one-sided models, pendants and other costume jewelery are made. Elements of small size are used in their work scrapbookers. 3D 3D figures are actively used by puppeteers and florists.

Decoration of finished products with acrylic

Ordinary metal pendants for jewelry can be made bright and original, with a microbicar, epoxy resin or painted with acrylic. To do this, you need:

• Different pendants with small and large parts;
• Acrylic paints and microbiisor for decor;
• Epoxy resin;
• alcohol;
• acetone;
• Thin brush;
• cotton pad;
• Cotton swab;
• Wooden spatula;
• stationery knife;
• Capacity for epoxy resin.

We begin to make an original and bright accessory with acrylic paint:

1. Degrease the surface with alcohol.
2. We take the suspension with the largest segments. The brush is dipped into acrylic paint of medium consistency and we fill each fragment with the desired color. It is necessary to try so to dissolve color, that it was not too liquid, and the surface itself was leveled at drawing.
3. If the color falls not very carefully and gets past the fragments, do not try to remove the excess before the product dries completely. All the shortcomings are easy to fix later, gently tracing along the sides with a stationery knife. Try to remove the paint with small sawdust, without touching the edges of the main layer, so as not to accidentally remove it. Then all the work will have to be repeated at first.
4. We brush with a dry brush the garbage formed.
5. We connect the components of epoxy resin. According to the manufacturer's instructions, thoroughly mix.
6. Cover the painted surface with epoxy resin with a thin brush.

If among the selected metal pendants there is one with small elements, it can be zadekorirovat in another way: first paint the surface entirely and leave until completely dry. Then, with a cotton swab with acetone, gently wipe the convex parts, slightly slipping over the surface.

Decoration of blanks by a microbiisor and epoxy resin

Metal scrapbooking pendant or pendant with a large central part can be decorated with epoxy resin and microbiisor:

1. Paint the middle with acrylic paint and leave until completely dry.
2. Pour the microbiisor on the top of the desired color and carefully distribute it on the surface with a wooden stick.
3. Carefully fill the center with epoxy resin. It can be replaced with gel-nail varnish and compare the result.
4. We cover all the suspensions with a transparent container to avoid getting dust on the surface.
5. Leave to dry completely for 24 hours.

Advanced metal hangers for handicrafts are ready. Now you can use them for making earrings, pendants, decorating photo albums and other handicrafts.

Wire twisting technique

Some craftsmen create accessories for metal pendants with their own hands using wire. This popular technique is called Wire wrap (torsion of wire) and consists in drawing up patterns of their thin metal threads, with which stones, beads, beads and other decorative elements are braided. Special tools are used in the work. The finished product is sometimes artificially sealed, covered with patina, and then polished.

Etching copper and brass to create a suspension

Metal hangers for needlework can be made in the technique of etching metals - from copper and brass. The surface of the workpiece before the work is leveled, beating with a rubber mallet, after which it is cleaned in a hot solution of citric acid. Remove the plates with tools or a cloth to leave no marks from your fingers. The back part needs to be sealed with adhesive tape or covered with nail polish. The pattern is applied in different ways: permanent marker, acrylic paints, with the help of stickers.

Etching requires chlorine iron, it is dissolved in hot water, in a ratio of 1 to 3. Optimum temperature: + 50-60 degrees. In the container with the solution put the workpiece: brass down face, and copper - up. The process of etching the metal takes about an hour. Now it remains only to cut out decorative elements, polish the edges and polish them. In the blanks make holes and use as part of the decoration.