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After so many practice sessions and attempts at trying to get my beads to stay put, I finally decided to get some bees wax to coat my thread with. It is wonderful and does a great job of keeping those little seed beads in place. It also keeps my thread from raveling. I love the appearance of my bead work much more now.

Does anyone else use bees wax?

I hadn't thought of it before, but I'm going to do it now.

I used to use bees wax but now use a product called Thread Heaven It's not as thick as bees wax and doesn't dry out like bees wax.

Hi, I use bees wax all the time,I don't care for thread hevan it is too slippery.

I like the bees wax for several reasons: it keeps my thread together as one strand, keeps it from twisting and raveling, fills up the hole of the bead better, keeps the bead in place and adds a tone of aging to the finished work. I do Native American design beading on fabric and the bees wax is giving me the desired results.

I only wish I would have tried it much sooner and save myself a lot of headache.

Tip: I keep my bees wax in a little plastic zip lock bag so it will not dry out. It should last for quite a long time. Women of the Native American have used bees wax since early days, long before European contact.

When finished with your beadwork piece, you can lightly spray a soft cloth with glass cleaner and gently wipe that over the beadwork to remove any bees wax residue or fingerprints. It gives the beadwork a shiny, clean look.