Plastic Seed Beads?

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 26 Apr 2006 07:31

Clavens made a bag recently that plays really well. It's filled with shot and seed beads. The only thing is I don't like using seed beads because for some strange reason they're all made of glass. At least I haven't found any that are plastic. I did grab some the other day that have gold or silver opaque paint on them. Perhaps this would give some protection to the bead, but I doubt it. If they didn't break up and turn into tiny sharp glass shards and tear open your bag from the inside out, I think they'd make an excellent fill component. Anyone found plastic ones yet?

Chim-Chim · Post by **Chim-Chim** » 26 Apr 2006 08:54

I bought some plastic sead beads a few days ago, but couldn't find glass.
I got them at Micheal's [arts and crafts]

They're much better than poly pellets.

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 26 Apr 2006 08:56

no way. U sure they're plastic? The Michaels I go to only has glass...

Guest_2 · Post by **Guest_2** » 26 Apr 2006 13:46

I was going to get size 8 seed beeds and look for plastic- size 8 is small

Nathan · Post by **Nathan** » 26 Apr 2006 15:39

I had plastic seed beads for a while. I like the texture they had, but they were light and broke down into dust anyway

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 26 Apr 2006 17:49

i bought some of these a while back and used them for some 6 panels as long as you add a little weight to them i though they were fine and the bags are still in pretty good condition

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 27 Apr 2006 17:20

these here look plastic but i'm not sure.

http://kandrasbeads.com/?src=overture&O ... C=advanced

see if you can check. and I Know i have gotten plastic seed beads before. reeeeeal small, for my mom for beading bracelets.

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 27 Apr 2006 18:29

Nathan wrote:I had plastic seed beads for a while. I like the texture they had, but they were light and broke down into dust anyway

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 27 Apr 2006 18:29

Nathan wrote:I had plastic seed beads for a while. I like the texture they had, but they were light and broke down into dust anyway

sorry if this double posts, but i wanted to add that they subsequently put holes in your bags, as a pile of shards and dust.

Chim-Chim · Post by **Chim-Chim** » 27 Apr 2006 20:15

You're talking about plastic seed beads or glass?

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Plastic Seed Beads?

Do you/Would you use glass seed beads in making a footbag?

Plastic Seed Beads?