Painter's Tape to Protect Stones After Setting

A year ago today I started Metalsmith Society 🙏🏻❤️ I have to thank you all for coming together to form this incredible community. For telling your friends and sharing about it on your pages! 💕 To celebrate I thought it’d be fun to hear what people’s all time favorite tips are! Mine is this tip to protect your gemstones while setting from @fione_harvey - “3M Scotch- Blue Painter's Tape is a must and go to for me. I use it to protect stone(s) when cleaning the surrounding metal after setting. I usually cut the tape big enough to cover the surface of the stone. Next I cut slits along the sides. After that I rub the tape flush onto the stone using my nail or sometimes the back my tweezer. Once that is done I use a sharpened solder pick or the point of the dividers(any sharp point will do really) to scrib along the lip of the setting (where the stone meets the metal) making sure to press along the metal and not the stone. This will allow for the perfect coverage of the stone and the removal of the excess tape. It sounds like a long process but this is all done in under a minute. But once the stone is covered you can pretty much go to town cleaning!” I have used this tip so many times!!! Please tell us about your all time favorite tip! We’d love to hear ❤️ Also just wanted to mention my new @patreon account, it’s an opportunity to donate $1 a month if you’d like to support the page! Please feel no pressure to do so, but if you are interested please check the link in my profile! 🙏🏻😘#metalsmithsociety #jewelrycommunity #communityovercompetition