How to Attach Magnetic Jewelry Clasps

Adding magnetic clasps to jewelry helps some people.

When making jewelry or altering your current jewelry collection, you can attach a magnetic clasp to your necklaces and bracelets for ease of closure when putting on your jewelry. This option is especially useful for the elderly and those with arthritis. With a few jewelry tools and some instructions, adding magnetic clasps to your pieces can be very easy.

Things You'll Need

• Necklace or bracelet
• Jump rings
• Jewelers pliers

Instructions

1. Remove the existing clasps using two pairs of jewelry pliers. Grab the existing jump rings that are holding the clasps on. Pull the jump ring apart to open it, making room to remove the existing clasp. Discard the old jump rings. If the jump rings are soldered closed, nip them open with wire cutters before opening them.

2. Attach an open jump ring to each end of the chain where you just removed the existing clasps. Leave the jump rings open.

3. Hold the new jump ring with a pair of jewelry pliers. Add one side of the magnetic clasp to the jump ring via the wire loop attached to the magnetic clasp. Use two pairs of jewelry pliers to gently close the jump ring, making certain the magnetic clasp and the chain from the jewelry are on the jump ring. Solder the jump ring, if needed, for a more secure closure. Repeat these steps on the opposite end of the chain.

Tips & Warnings

• There are magnetic jewelry clasps that attach directly to the existing clasps for ease of attachment.

References

• Stateside Bead Supply Inc.: Magnetic Clasps (tube style) "How to attach with crimps"

Resources

• Dynamic-Living.com: Magnetic Clasp Converters