Wrapping Your Tools to Protect Your Wire

by Sheila Davis
(Shelton,Wa)

Roman Holiday brass and copper wire bracelet, set with glass and Swarovski crystals

I read this tip in a bead magazine and wanted to share it.

If you don't have a pair of nylon jaw pliers just wrap painters tape around the jaws of your tool to keep from marring your wire.

Sheila Davis
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Wrapping Your Tools to Protect Your Wire

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Great tip
by: Rena

Thank you for posting this helpful tip, Sheila!

Excellent idea for reducing plier-marks on wire and other metals.

(For anyone who may not have heard of painter's tape, it's the blue masking tape available in the house-paint section of hardware / home improvement / paint stores.)

If any sticky tape residue remains on the tool when you remove the tape, you can wipe the residue away easily with a dab of WD-40, citrus-based cleaner, or olive oil on a paper towel.

Also, I love the gorgeous bracelet you posted above, Sheila! :o)