I was considering buying some bead molds. I think the 8mm size seems most useful, but I just noticed that there are 2 different brands on GSA...
The CK 8mm mold is 6" long, and costs $27.99
The First Impressions mold is 12" long, and includes 6mm 8mm and 10mm all in one mold for $26.19
Obviously, pricewise, the First Impressions mold is a far better deal, but I was wondering if there was any reason why the CK one would be preferable, despite the price. Is there a significant difference between the finished products?
- Leisel
I don't have these myself. But I do remember a conversation here about bead molds. Apparently, some are more of an open, one-sided mold. You press in the gumpaste and then pop it out, but you only get the rounded bead impression on one side.
The other type of mold forms a coplet, two-sided string of beads, You have to kind of pry the mold open to press the gumpaste in.
The big difference between which you want is how you will use the beads. Will they be for borders where the flat side won't show anyway? Or will they be used in such a way that you might see all sides of the beads, as in a string of them hanging out of a jewelry box cake. Maybe someone here will know which mold is which.
The big difference between which you want is how you will use the beads. Will they be for borders where the flat side won't show anyway? Or will they be used in such a way that you might see all sides of the beads, as in a string of them hanging out of a jewelry box cake. Maybe someone here will know which mold is which.
I had mostly imagined using them as borders where a smaller cake is sitting on top of the larger cake. I wonder if the more complete one would look any better in that instance... that 90 degree angle is not exactly a flat space.
I hadn't thought of having a string of pearls hanging out where you could see all sides... I wonder how hard it would be to "glue" two strings w/ flat backs together to form pearls that can be seen from all sides, and if that would look good anyways.
- Leisel
I don't like the CK molds at all. I like the First Impression, buta s someone mentioned, they are not fully round. And you can't glue them toegther, unless you went through and cut them in half.
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