![]() ![]() Also, because of how hard the posts were, they actually nicked the blades of my wire cutters □ – in the future, I’ll probably look for some heavier-duty cutters to use for this purpose.Īfter removing the posts, I squeezed a dab of E6000 onto some scrap paper and dipped the resin finding in to get a small amount of glue on it. It might help to cut them in a box to help contain the flying metal. I’m not sure if all posts are made with similar strength, but those posts were harder than I expected! They flew and ricocheted everywhere when I cut them, so I’d definitely recommend taking some safety precautions with this, especially if you have kids or pets running around. The first thing I did was cut the posts off of the earrings with my jewelry wire cutters. The actual process of converting the earrings was quite quick and simple, but I did learn a few things along the way as well. The other variations are exactly the same as the plain findings, aside from the added pieces. There are also ones that have pre-attached pieces (such as chains), but for the purposes of converting pre-made earrings, I thought the plain ones would work best. The Processįor this review, I only tested out the plain findings. I’ll update when I get a chance to try ones from any other sources!Īfter getting back home, I got a pair of longer dangling earrings as well as some small studs to put my new findings to the test. ![]() For those of you who don’t have easy access to a local store that stocks these, I also found plenty of them on Etsy – but I don’t know if they’re all made the same, so I don’t know for sure this review will be accurate to those as well. Sure enough, Yuzawaya had them (made by Munsell, according to the package) and even stocked a few variations, so I got some different ones to test out. I find that Asia in general tends to be more friendly to non-pierced ears and, therefore, clip-on findings tend to be more commonly found there, so I made a point to look for these specific types of findings at Yuzawaya in Tokyo while we were there in December. I was admittedly not super sold on using a finding made out of plastic instead of metal, but I had to try it out…for science! This shape makes it possible to simulate either a stud or a dangle earring. These are basically small split rings made out of clear, semi-flexible plastic, with a small protrusion on one side where a design element can be attached. I was intrigued (but skeptical, to be honest!) when I recently came across a new type of clip-on finding: “invisible” resin clip-ons, sometimes also referred to as “omega” clip-ons due to their shape.
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