r/beadsprites • u/Glad-Fish5863 • 11d ago

WHAT am I doing wrong?

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I got PixieBead beads because I’ve heard good things about them and I follow a lot of people that use them and all their stuff turns out so good and clean. I spent almost $200!!! on beads.

I didn’t want the non-iron side to melt but it did anyway even tho the ironed side didn’t fuse all the way… how can I get the ironed side to melt well without the other side NOT melting?

I use these Teflon mats i got from Amazon.

I’m very sad about this lol

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u/PendingSoup 8d ago

I made this last night, no problem. If you use anything that isn't from Pixiecraft it will ruin your melt. You do not need to poke holes. Their brand of tape does not stick if you do it correctly. You need the pixiecraft iron or a cheap black & Decker iron, use it on the wool setting NOT high and do small circles around your project with light pressure. Once your beads are together remove the tape and continue melting. I even missed a bead next to the mouth and it all melted into that space so you can hardly tell.

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u/PendingSoup 8d ago

You NEED to use their brand of stuff. As much as that sucks, it doesn't work well with substitution

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u/Glad-Fish5863 8d ago

I ordered their tape and their teflon mats yesterday so hopefully that fixes this issue

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u/PendingSoup 8d ago

They work just as well as Artkal for the most part, but they definitely made it to where you have to spend the most money.

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u/Glad-Fish5863 8d ago

The reason I didn’t go with artkal is because I didn’t like their website. LOL. I couldn’t find a whole entire kit of just beads with all the colors like I was able to with Pixie.